Indigenous Languages of Canada and the USA


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  • Languages_Map ( n = 232)
    • North American ( n = 232)
      • Amerind ( n = 158)
        • Almosan-Keresiouan ( n = 115)
          • Algic ( n = 48)
            • Algonquian ( n = 46)
              • Central Algonquian ( n = 25)
                • Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi ( n = 10)
                  • East Cree ( n = 2)
                    • Cree, East (Northern)
                    • Cree, East (Southern)
                  • Montagnais-Naskapi ( n = 3)
                    • Montagnais ( n = 2)
                      • Ilnu-aimun [Montagnais, Western]
                      • Innu-aimun [Montagnais, Eastern]
                    • Naskapi
                  • Atikamekw
                  • Cree, Moose
                  • Cree, Plains
                  • Cree, Swampy
                  • Cree, Woods
                • Fox ( n = 2)
                  • Kickapoo
                  • Mesquakie
                • Ojibwa ( n = 9)
                  • Algonquin ( n = 2)
                    • Algonquin, Maniwaki
                    • Algonquin, Northern
                  • Chippewa
                  • Odawa [Ottawa]
                  • Oji-Cree [Ojibwa, Severn]
                  • Ojibwa, Central
                  • Ojibwa, Eastern
                  • Ojibwa, Northwestern
                  • Saulteau [Ojibwa, Western]
                • Menominee
                • Miami
                • Potawatomi
                • Shawnee
              • Eastern Algonquian ( n = 16)
                • Abnaki ( n = 2)
                  • Abnaki, Eastern
                  • Abnaki, Western
                • Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett ( n = 2)
                  • Mohegan-Pequot
                  • Narragansett
                • Delaware ( n = 2)
                  • Munsee
                  • Unami
                • Beothuk
                • Carolina Algonquian
                • Lumbee
                • Mahican
                • Malecite [Malecite-Passamaquoddy]
                • Mi’kmaq [Micmac]
                • Nanticoke
                • Piscataway
                • Powhatan
                • Wampanoag
              • Plains Algonquian ( n = 5)
                • Arapahoan ( n = 3)
                  • Arapaho
                  • Gros Ventre
                  • Nawathinehena
                • Blackfoot
                • Cheyenne
            • Ritwan ( n = 2)
              • Wiyot
              • Yurok
          • Mosan ( n = 33)
            • Salishan ( n = 26)
              • Central Coast Salish ( n = 12)
                • Straits ( n = 2)
                  • Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̓əmúcən [Clallam]
                  • Salish, North Straits
                • Lushootseed ( n = 3)
                  • Northern Lushootseed ( n = 2)
                    • Skagit
                    • Snohomish
                  • Salish, Southern Puget Sound
                • Halkomelem
                • Nooksack
                • Pəntl’áč [Pentlatch]
                • She shashishalhem [Sechelt]
                • Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim [Squamish]
                • Twana
                • Éy7á7juuthem [Comox]
              • Interior Salish ( n = 8)
                • Northern Interior Salish ( n = 3)
                  • Nłeʔkepmxcín [Thompson]
                  • Secwepemctsín [Shuswap]
                  • St̓át̓imcets [Lillooet]
                • Southern Interior Salish ( n = 5)
                  • Kalispel-Spokane ( n = 2)
                    • Nqlispélišcn [Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille]
                    • Spokane
                  • Coeur d'Alene
                  • Columbia-Wenatchi
                  • Nsyilxcən [Okanagan]
              • Tsamosan ( n = 4)
                • Tsamosan, Coastal ( n = 2)
                  • Chehalis, Lower
                  • Quinault
                • Tsamosan, Inland ( n = 2)
                  • Chehalis, Upper
                  • Cowlitz
              • Nuxálk [Bella Coola]
              • Tillamook
            • Wakashan ( n = 7)
              • Northern Wakashan ( n = 4)
                • Heiltsuk-Oowekyala ( n = 2)
                  • Hailhzaqvla [Heiltsuk]
                  • Oowekyala
                • Kwak’wala [Kwakiutl]
                • X̄a’’islak̓ala [Haisla]
              • Southern Wakashan ( n = 3)
                • Nootkan ( n = 2)
                  • Diitiidʔaatx̣ [Ditidaht]
                  • Nuučaan̓uɫ [Nuu-Chah-Nulth]
                • Makah
          • Keresiouan ( n = 33)
            • Siouan ( n = 17)
              • Siouan Proper ( n = 16)
                • Central Siouan ( n = 11)
                  • Mississippi Valley ( n = 10)
                    • Sioux-Nakota ( n = 4)
                      • Sioux ( n = 2)
                        • Dakota
                        • Lakota
                      • Nakota ( n = 2)
                        • Assiniboine
                        • Stoney
                    • Dhegina ( n = 4)
                      • Kansa
                      • Omaha-Ponca
                      • Osage
                      • Quapaw
                    • Chiwere
                    • Winnebago
                  • Mandan
                • Missouri Valley ( n = 2)
                  • Crow
                  • Hidatsa
                • Southeastern ( n = 3)
                  • Biloxi-Ofo ( n = 2)
                    • Biloxi
                    • Ofo
                  • Tutelo
              • Catawba
            • Iroquoian ( n = 16)
              • Northern Iroquoian ( n = 14)
                • Five Nations ( n = 5)
                  • Mohawk-Oneida ( n = 2)
                    • Mohawk [Kanien’kéha]
                    • Oneida [Onʌyota’a:ka]
                  • Seneca-Cayuga-Onondaga ( n = 3)
                    • Seneca-Cayuga ( n = 2)
                      • Cayuga [Goyogo̱hó:nǫ’]
                      • Seneca [Onötowáka]
                    • Onondaga [Onǫda’géga’]
                • Huron-Wendat ( n = 2)
                  • Wendat [Wendake Huron]
                  • Wyandot
                • Tuscarora-Nottoway ( n = 3)
                  • Meherrin
                  • Nottoway
                  • Tuscarora [Skarù•rę’]
                • Erie
                • Laurentian [St. Lawrence Iroquoian]
                • Neutral
                • Wenro
              • Southern Iroquoian ( n = 1)
                • Cherokee
              • Susquehannock
          • Ktunaxa [Kutenai]
        • Penutian ( n = 43)
          • Tsimshianic ( n = 4)
            • Nass-Gitksan ( n = 2)
              • Gitsenimx̱ [Gitxsan]
              • Nisga’a
            • Tsimshian ( n = 2)
              • Ski:xs [Tsimshian, Southern]
              • Sm̓algya̱x [Tsimshian, Coast]
          • Chinookan ( n = 2)
            • Chinook
            • Wasco-Wishram
          • Oregon Penutian ( n = 8)
            • Coast Oregon ( n = 4)
              • Coosan ( n = 2)
                • Coos
                • Miluk
              • Alsean
              • Siuslaw
            • Kalapuyan ( n = 3)
              • Kalapuyan, Central
              • Kalapuyan, Northern
              • Kalapuyan, Southern
            • Takelma
          • Plateau Penutian ( n = 7)
            • Sahaptian ( n = 5)
              • Sahaptin ( n = 4)
                • Sahaptin, Southern ( n = 2)
                  • Tenino
                  • Umatilla
                • Sahaptin, Northern ( n = 2)
                  • Walla Walla
                  • Yakima
              • Nez Perce
            • Klamath-Modoc
            • Molale
          • California Penutian ( n = 22)
            • Wintuan ( n = 3)
              • Wintu ( n = 2)
                • Nomlaki
                • Wintu, Nuclear
              • Patwin
            • Maiduan ( n = 4)
              • Maidu, Northeast
              • Maidu, Northwest
              • Maidu, Valley
              • Nisenan
            • Yok-Utian ( n = 15)
              • Utian ( n = 11)
                • Miwok-Costanoan ( n = 11)
                  • Costanoan ( n = 4)
                    • Northern Costanoan ( n = 2)
                      • Chalon
                      • Ohlone, Northern
                    • Karkin
                    • Ohlone, Southern
                  • Miwokan ( n = 7)
                    • Eastern Miwokan ( n = 5)
                      • Sierra ( n = 3)
                        • Miwok, Central Sierra
                        • Miwok, Northern Sierra
                        • Miwok, Southern Sierra
                      • Miwok, Bay
                      • Miwok, Plains
                    • Western Miwokan ( n = 2)
                      • Miwok, Coast
                      • Miwok, Lake
              • Yokutsan ( n = 4)
                • Yokuts, General ( n = 3)
                  • Yokuts, Nim ( n = 2)
                    • Yokuts
                    • Yokuts, Tule-Kaweh
                  • Yokuts, Buena Vista
                • Yokuts, Palewyami
      • Extended Na-Dene ( n = 51)
        • Na-Dene ( n = 49)
          • Athapaskan-Eyak ( n = 48)
            • Athapaskan ( n = 47)
              • Apachean ( n = 6)
                • Navajo-Apache ( n = 5)
                  • Eastern Apache ( n = 3)
                    • Apache, Jicarilla
                    • Apache, Lipan
                    • Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
                  • Western Apache-Navajo ( n = 2)
                    • Apache, Western
                    • Navajo
                • Apache, Kiowa
              • Pacific Coast ( n = 11)
                • California ( n = 4)
                  • Mattole-Wailaki ( n = 3)
                    • Kato
                    • Mattole
                    • Wailaki
                  • Hupa
                • Oregon ( n = 6)
                  • Tolowa-Galice ( n = 5)
                    • Rogue River ( n = 3)
                      • Lower Rogue River ( n = 2)
                        • Coquille
                        • Tututni
                      • Galice
                    • Chetco-Tolowa ( n = 2)
                      • Chetco
                      • Tolowa
                  • Upper Umpqua
                • Kwalhioqua-Tlatskanai
              • Northern Athapascan ( n = 30)
                • Canadian ( n = 15)
                  • Beaver-Sekani ( n = 2)
                    • Dane-zaa [Beaver]
                    • Tse’khene [Sekani]
                  • Carrier-Chilcotin ( n = 5)
                    • Babine-Carrier ( n = 4)
                      • Babine-Witsuwiten ( n = 2)
                        • Nedut’en [Babine]
                        • Witsuwit’en
                      • Carrier ( n = 2)
                        • Dakelh, Central [Carrier, Central]
                        • Dakelh, Southern [Carrier, Southern]
                    • Tsilhqot’in [Chilcotin]
                  • Han-Kutchin ( n = 2)
                    • Gwich’in
                    • Hän [Han]
                  • Dene ( n = 4)
                    • Hare-Slavey ( n = 3)
                      • Slave ( n = 2)
                        • Dene-thah [Slavey, South]
                        • Sahtúot’įnę Yatį́ [Slavey, North]
                      • Tłįchǫ Yatiì [Dogrib]
                    • Dëne Sųłiné [Chipewyan]
                  • Nicola
                  • Tsuut’ina [Sarsi]
                • Ingalik-Koyukon ( n = 3)
                  • Ingalik ( n = 1)
                    • Degexit’an
                  • Koyukon-Holikachuk ( n = 2)
                    • Holikachuk
                    • Koyukon
                • Tahltan-Kaska ( n = 3)
                  • Danezāgé’ [Kaska]
                  • Tāgizi Dene [Tagish]
                  • Tāłtān [Tahltan]
                • Tanaina-Ahtna ( n = 2)
                  • Ahtena
                  • Tanaina
                • Tanana-Upper Kuskokwim ( n = 4)
                  • Tanana ( n = 3)
                    • Tanacross
                    • Tanana, Lower
                    • Tanana, Upper
                  • Kuskokwim, Upper
                • Tutchone ( n = 2)
                  • Tutchone, Northern
                  • Tutchone, Southern
                • Wetalh [Tsetsaut]
            • Eyak
          • Łingít [Tlingit]
        • Haida ( n = 2)
          • X̱aad Kil [Haida, Northern]
          • X̱aaydaa Kil [Haida, Southern]
      • Eskimo-Aleut ( n = 21)
        • Eskimo ( n = 19)
          • Inuit ( n = 14)
            • Inupiatun ( n = 2)
              • Inupiatun, North Alaskan
              • Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
            • Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian ( n = 8)
              • Aivilingmiutut
              • Inuktitut (Rigolet)
              • Kivallirmiutut
              • Natsilingmiutut
              • Nunatsiavummiutut
              • Nunavimmiutitut
              • Qikiqtaaluk nigiani [Baffin, South]
              • Qikiqtaaluk uannangani [Baffin, North]
            • Inuktitut, Western Canadian ( n = 2)
              • Inuinnaqtun
              • Siglitun
            • Inuktitut, Greenlandic ( n = 2)
              • Kalaallisut
              • Tunumiisiut
          • Yupik ( n = 5)
            • Alaskan ( n = 2)
              • Yupik, Central
              • Yupik, Pacific Gulf
            • Siberian ( n = 3)
              • Yupik, Central Siberian
              • Yupik, Naukan
              • Yupik, Sirenik
        • Aleut
        • Sallirmiutut
      • Mixed ( n = 2)
        • Chinook Wawa
        • Michif
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