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====List of Native American languages==== Below is an estimate of Native American languages "spoken at home" in the United States (American Community Survey 2006–2008).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/language/data/other/detailed-lang-tables.xls|format=XLS|title=Table 1. Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over for the United States: 2006-2008 : Release Date: April, 2010 |publisher=Census.gov|access-date=January 18, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922225023/https://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/language/data/other/detailed-lang-tables.xls|archive-date=September 22, 2014}}</ref> This is not an exhaustive list of Native American languages in the US. Because the distinction between dialect and language is not always clear, multiple dialects of varying [[mutually intelligible|mutual intelligibility]] may be classified as a single language, while a group of effectively identical dialects may be classified separately for historical or cultural reasons. Languages included here may be classified as "extinct" (having no living native speakers), but many extinct or moribund Native American languages are the subjects of ongoing [[language revitalization]] efforts; other extinct languages undergoing revitalization might not be listed here. {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Language !! Endonym{{efn|A language's endonym may not be available for a variety of possible reasons: The language in question encompasses multiple dialects with unique endonyms; The language in question is actually a [[language family]]; The language or community of speakers has a prohibition against writing the language; No documentation is immediately available; etc.}} !! Family !! data-sort-type="number" |Speakers<br />(% of total) !! data-sort-type="number" |Does not speak English<br />"Very Well"{{efn|Respondents who reported speaking English less than "Very Well." The total margin of error for this group was 1.78%; however, margins of error for individual languages, especially those with few total speakers, may exceed 100% in some cases.}} |- | '''Total''' || — || — || '''444,124 (100)''' || '''19.22%''' |- | Total (excl. Navajo) || — || — || 203,127 (54.32) || 15.82% |- | [[Navajo language|Navajo]] ||data-sort-value="Dine bizaad"| ''Diné bizaad'' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 170,822 (45.68) || 23.25% |- | [[Dakota language|Dakota]] ||data-sort-value="Dakhotiyapi"| ''Dakȟótiyapi'' || [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] || 18,804 (5.03) || 9.86% |- | [[Yupik languages|Yupik]] || — || [[Eskimo–Aleut languages|Eskimo–Aleut]] || 18,626 (4.98) || 37.02% |- |[[O'odham language|O'odham]] |— |[[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] |15,123 (3.59) |8.03% |- | [[Apache languages|Apache]] || ''Ndee biyati' '' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 14,012 (3.75) || 3.53% |- | [[Keresan languages|Keres]] || — || ''[[Language isolate|Isolate]]'' || 13,073 (3.50) || 6.20% |- | [[Cherokee language|Cherokee]] || ''Tsalagi Gawonihisdi'' (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ) || [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]] || 12,320 (3.29) || 16.33% |- | [[Choctaw language|Choctaw]] || ''Chahta' '' || [[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]] || 10,368 (2.77) || 23.44% |- | [[Zuni language|Zuni]] || ''Shiwi'ma'' || ''[[Language isolate|Isolate]]'' || 9432 (2.52) || 14.22% |- | American Indian (Other) || — || — || 8888 (2.38) || 16.73% |- | [[O'odham language|O'odham]] (Pima) ||data-sort-value="Oodham nioki"| ''Oʼodham ñiʼokĭ'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 8190 (2.19) || 14.70% |- | [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] (Chippewa) || ''Anishinaabemowin'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 6986 (1.87) || 11.28% |- | [[Hopi language|Hopi]] || ''Hopilàvayi'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 6776 (1.81) || 18.80% |- | [[Inupiat language|Inupiat]] (Inupik) ||data-sort-value="Inupiatun"| ''Iñupiatun'' || [[Eskimo–Aleut languages|Eskimo–Aleut]] || 5580 (1.49) || 26.04% |- | [[Tewa language|Tewa]] || — || [[Tanoan languages|Tanoan]] || 5123 (1.37) || 13.80% |- | [[Muskogean languages|Muskogee]] (Creek) || ''Mvskoke'' || [[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]] || 5072 (1.36) || 19.62% |- | [[Crow language|Crow]] ||data-sort-value="Apsaalooke"| ''Apsáalooke'' || [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] || 3962 (1.06) || 6.59% |- | [[Shoshoni language|Shoshoni]] ||data-sort-value="Sosoni daigwape"| ''Sosoni' da̲i̲gwape'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 2512 (0.67) || 7.25% |- | [[Cheyenne language|Cheyenne]] ||data-sort-value="Tsehesenestsestotse"| ''Tsėhésenėstsestȯtse'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 2399 (0.64) || 3.21% |- | [[Tiwa languages|Tiwa]] || — || [[Tanoan languages|Tanoan]] || 2269 (0.61) || 3.22% |- | [[Jemez language|Towa]] (Jemez) || — || [[Tanoan languages|Tanoan]] || 2192 (0.59) || 27.65% |- | [[Inuit languages|Inuit]] (Eskimo) || — || [[Eskimo–Aleut languages|Eskimo–Aleut]] || 2168 (0.58) || 25.46% |- | [[Blackfoot language|Blackfoot]] || ''Siksiká'' (ᓱᖽᐧᖿ) || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 1970 (0.53) || 11.02% |- | [[Sahaptin language|Sahaptin]] || ''Ichishkíin sɨ́nwit'' || [[Plateau Penutian languages|Plateau Penutian]] || 1654 (0.44) || 6.17% |- | [[Paiute language (disambiguation)|Paiute]] || — || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 1638 (0.44) || 11.78% |- | [[Athabaskan languages|Athapascan]] || — || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 1627 (0.44) || 19.55% |- | [[Colorado River Numic language|Ute]] ||data-sort-value="Nuu apaghapi"| ''Núu-'apaghapi'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 1625 (0.43) || 5.23% |- |[[Southern Tiwa language|Southern Tiwa]] |— |[[Tanoan languages|Tanoan]] |1600 (0.42) | |- | [[Mohawk language|Mohawk]] || ''Kanien’kéha' '' || [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]] || 1423 (0.38) || 11.67% |- | [[Seneca language|Seneca]] ||data-sort-value="Onodowaga"| ''Onödowága'' || [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]] || 1353 (0.36) || 11.23% |- | [[Winnebago language|Winnebago]] ||data-sort-value="Hocak"| ''Hocąk'' || [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] || 1340 (0.36) || 6.27% |- | [[Kiowa language|Kiowa]] ||data-sort-value="Cauijoga"| ''Cáuijògà'' || [[Tanoan languages|Tanoan]] || 1274 (0.34) || 9.58% |- | [[Aleut language|Aleut]] || ''Unangam tunuu'' || [[Eskimo–Aleut languages|Eskimo–Aleut]] || 1236 (0.33) || 19.01% |- | [[Salishan languages|Salish]] || — || [[Salishan languages|Salishan]] || 1233 (0.33) || 22.87% |- | [[Gwich’in language|Gwich’in]] (Kuchin) || ''Gwich’in'' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 1217 (0.33) || 25.82% |- | [[Fox language|Kickapoo]] || ''Kiwikapawa'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 1141 (0.31) || 41.72% |- | [[Arapaho language|Arapaho]] ||data-sort-value="Hinonoeitiit"| ''Hinónoʼeitíít'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 1087 (0.29) || 1.20% |- | [[Tlingit language|Tlingit]] || ''Lingít'' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 1026 (0.27) || 8.19% |- | [[Central Siberian Yupik language|Siberian Yupik]] ([[St. Lawrence Island|SLI Yupik]]) || ''Sivuqaghmiistun'' || [[Eskimo–Aleut languages|Eskimo–Aleut]] || 993 (0.27) || 39.48% |- | [[Malecite-Passamaquoddy language|Passamaquoddy]] || ''Peskotomuhkat'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 982 (0.26) || 6.11% |- | [[Comanche language|Comanche]] ||data-sort-value="Numu tekwapu"| ''Nʉmʉ tekwapʉ'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 963 (0.26) || 10.59% |- | [[Cree language|Cree]] ||data-sort-value="Nehiyawewin"| ''Nēhiyawēwin'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 951 (0.25) || 8.73% |- | [[Menominee language|Menominee]] ||data-sort-value="Omaeqnomenew"| ''Omāēqnomenew'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 946 (0.25) || 39.64% |- | [[Nez Perce language|Nez Perce]] || ''Niimiipuutímt'' || [[Plateau Penutian languages|Plateau Penutian]] || 942 (0.25) || 12.10% |- | [[Potawatomi language|Potawatomi]] ||data-sort-value="Bodewadmi"| ''Bodéwadmi'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 824 (0.22) || 9.95% |- | [[Hidatsa language|Hidatsa]] || ''Hidatsa'' || [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] || 806 (0.22) || 4.47% |- |[[Kickapoo people|Kickapoo]] |— |[[Algic languages|Algic]] |800 (0.22) | |- | [[Fox language|Mesquakie]] (Fox) || ''Meshkwahkihaki'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 727 (0.19) || 22.15% |- | [[Karuk language|Karok]] ||data-sort-value="Karuk"| ''Káruk'' || ''[[Language isolate|Isolate]]'' || 700 (0.19) || 5.43% |- | [[Pomoan languages|Pomo]] || — || [[Pomoan languages|Pomoan]] || 648 (0.17) || 14.81% |- | [[Oneida language|Oneida]] || ''Oneyota'aaka'' || [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]] || 527 (0.14) || 58.63% |- | [[Yurok language|Yurok]] || ''Puliklah'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 491 (0.13) || 1.63% |- | [[Cocopah language|Cocopah]] || ''Kwikapa'' || [[Yuman–Cochimí languages|Yuman]] || 483 (0.13) || 22.77% |- | [[Havasupai–Hualapai language|Hualapai]] || ''Hwalbáy'' || [[Yuman–Cochimí languages|Yuman]] || 458 (0.12) || 4.80% |- | [[Omaha–Ponca language|Omaha]] ||data-sort-value="Umoho"| ''Umoⁿhoⁿ'' || [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] || 457 (0.12) || 1.97% |- | [[Mescalero-Chiricahua language|Chiricahua]] || ''Ndee bizaa'' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 457 (0.12) || — |- | [[Jicarilla language|Jicarilla]] ||data-sort-value="Abaachi mizaa"| ''Abáachi mizaa'' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 455 (0.12) || 14.51% |- | [[Yaqui language|Yaqui]] || ''Yoem noki'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 425 (0.11) || 10.12% |- | [[Yokutsan languages|Yokuts]] || — || ''[[Yokutsan languages|Yokutsan]]'' || 407 (0.11) || 27.27% |- |[[Koasati language|Koasati]] |Coushatta |[[Muskogean languages|Muskoeaen]] |370 (0.10) |— |- | [[Mono language (California)|Mono]] || ''Mono'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 349 (0.09) || — |- | [[Mojave language|Mohave]] || ''Hamakhav'' || [[Yuman–Cochimí languages|Yuman]] || 330 (0.09) || 6.36% |- | [[Luiseño language|Luiseño]] || ''Cham'teela'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 327 (0.09) || 4.28% |- | [[Shawnee language|Shawnee]] || ''Sawanwa'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 321 (0.09) || 6.23% |- | [[Maidu language|Maidu]] (NE Maidu) ||data-sort-value="Majdy"| ''Májdy'' || [[Maiduan languages|Maiduan]] || 319 (0.09) || 6.90% |- | [[Ottawa dialect|Ottawa]] || ''Nishnaabemwin'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 312 (0.08) || 10.90% |- | [[Algonquian languages|Algonquin]] || ''Anicinâbemowin'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 288 (0.08) || 19.79% |- | [[Okanagan language|Okanogan]] ||data-sort-value="Nselxcin"| ''Nsəlxcin'' || [[Salishan languages|Salishan]] || 284 (0.08) || 10.92% |- | [[Osage language|Osage]] || ''Wazhazhe ie'' || [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] || 260 (0.07) || 20.38% |- | [[Wichita language|Wichita]] ||data-sort-value="Kirikiris"| ''Kirikirʔi:s'' || [[Caddoan languages|Caddoan]] || 242 (0.06) || 16.12% |- | [[Onondaga language|Onondaga]] ||data-sort-value="Onodagega"| ''Onǫda’gegá'' || [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]] || 239 (0.06) || 2.93% |- | [[Mi'kmaq language|Mi'kmaq]] (Micmac) ||data-sort-value="Mikmawisimk"| ''Míkmawísimk'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 230 (0.06) || 10.87% |- | [[Yuman–Cochimí languages|Digueño]] (Ipai-Kumiai-Tipai) || — || [[Yuman–Cochimí languages|Yuman]] || 228 (0.06) || 60.96% |- | [[Washo language|Washo]] ||data-sort-value="Wasiw itlu"| ''Wá:šiw ʔítlu'' || ''[[Language isolate|Isolate]]'' || 227 (0.06) || 9.69% |- | [[Miwok languages|Miwok]] || ''Miwok'' || [[Utian languages|Utian]] || 216 (0.06) || — |- | [[Lushootseed language|Lushootseed]] (Puget Salish) ||data-sort-value="Xwelsucid"| ''Xʷəlšucid'' || [[Salishan languages|Salishan]] || 207 (0.06) || 47.83% |- | [[Kutenai language|Kutenai]] || ''Ktunaxa'' || ''[[Language isolate|Isolate]]'' || 200 (0.05) || 32.50% |- | [[Mikasuki language|Miccosukee]] || ''Mikisúkî'' || [[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]] || 188 (0.05) || 22.87% |- | [[Tuscarora language|Tuscarora]] ||data-sort-value="Skarure"| ''Ska:rù:rę' '' || [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]] || 179 (0.05) || 10.06% |- | [[Makah language|Makah]] ||data-sort-value="Qwiqwidiccaq"| ''Qʷi·qʷi·diččaq'' || [[Wakashan languages|Wakashan]] || 176 (0.05) || 30.11% |- | [[Coeur d'Alene language|Coeur d'Alene]] || ''Snchitsuʼumshtsn'' || [[Salishan languages|Salishan]] || 174 (0.05) || — |- | [[Hupa language|Hupa]] ||data-sort-value="Natinixwe"| ''Na:tinixwe'' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 174 (0.05) || — |- | [[Quechan language|Quechan]] (Yuma) || ''Kwtsaan'' || [[Yuman–Cochimí languages|Yuman]] || 172 (0.05) || 31.98% |- | [[Miami-Illinois language|Miami]] || ''Myaamia'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 168 (0.04) || 50.60% |- | [[Alabama language|Alabama]] || ''Albaamo innaaɬiilka'' || [[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]] || 165 (0.04) || 20.00% |- | [[Delaware language|Delaware]] ||data-sort-value="Lenape"| ''Lënape / Lunaapeew'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 146 (0.04) || 25.34% |- | [[Klallam language|Clallam]] ||data-sort-value="Nexwslayemucen"| ''Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən'' || [[Salishan languages|Salishan]] || 146 (0.04) || 1.37% |- | [[Penobscot language|Penobscot]] (E Abenaki) || ''Panawahpskek'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 144 (0.04) || 5.56% |- | [[Yavapai language|Yavapai]] || — || [[Yuman–Cochimí languages|Yuman]] || 139 (0.04) || — |- | [[Cahuilla language|Cahuilla]] || ''Ivia'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 139 (0.04) || — |- | [[Omaha-Ponca language|Ponca]] ||data-sort-value="Panka"| ''Paⁿka'' || [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] || 131 (0.04) || 6.87% |- | [[Quinault language|Quinault]] ||data-sort-value="Kwinayl"| ''Kʷínaył'' || [[Salishan languages|Salishan]] || 128 (0.03) || — |- | [[Deg Xinag language|Deg Xinag]] (Ingalit) || ''Degexit’an'' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 127 (0.03) || — |- | [[Pawnee language|Pawnee]] ||data-sort-value="Paari"| ''Paári'' || [[Caddoan languages|Caddoan]] || 122 (0.03) || 16.39% |- | [[Haida language|Haida]] ||data-sort-value="Xaat Kil"| ''X̱aat Kíl'' || ''[[Language isolate|Isolate]]'' || 118 (0.03) || 19.49% |- | [[Cowlitz language|Cowlitz]] || ''Stl'pulimuhkl'' || [[Salishan languages|Salishan]] || 110 (0.03) || 82.73% |- | [[Mandan language|Mandan]] ||data-sort-value="Nuetare"| ''Nų́ʔetaːre'' || [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] || 104 (0.03) || 38.46% |- | [[Arikara language|Arikara]] ||data-sort-value="Sahnis"| ''Sáhniš'' || [[Caddoan languages|Caddoan]] || 103 (0.03) || — |- | [[Klamath language|Klamath]] || ''Maqlaqs'' || [[Plateau Penutian languages|Plateau Penutian]] || 95 (0.03) || 27.37% |- | [[Havasupai dialect|Havasupai]] || ''Havasu’baaja'' || [[Yuman–Cochimí languages|Yuman]] || 90 (0.02) || 52.22% |- | [[Chitimacha language|Chitimacha]] || ''Sitimaxa'' || ''[[Language isolate|Isolate]]'' || 89 (0.02) || 21.35% |- | [[Abenaki language|Abenaki]] (W Abenaki) ||data-sort-value="Wobanakiodwawogan"| ''Wôbanakiôdwawôgan'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 86 (0.02) || — |- | [[Kwak'wala]] (Kwakiutl) || ''Kwak'wala'' || [[Wakashan languages|Wakashan]] || 85 (0.02) || 24.71% |- | [[Tututni language|Tututni]] (Rogue River) ||data-sort-value="Dotodeni"| ''Dotodəni'' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 84 (0.02) || — |- | [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquois]] || — || [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]] || 76 (0.02) || — |- | [[Coast Tsimshian dialect|Tsimshian]] ||data-sort-value="Smalgyax"| ''Sm'algyax'' || [[Tsimshianic languages|Tsimshianic]] || 68 (0.02) || — |- | [[Achumawi language|Achumawi]] || — || [[Palaihnihan languages|Palaihnihan]] || 68 (0.02) || — |- | [[Chiwere language|Chiwere]] || ''Jíwere'' || [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] || 60 (0.02) || — |- | [[Koasati language|Koasati]] || ''Kowassá:ti'' || [[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]] || 59 (0.02) || 6.78% |- | [[Koyukon language|Koyukon]] || ''Denaakkʼe'' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 58 (0.02) || 12.07% |- | [[Upper Chinook language|Upper Chinook]] || ''Kiksht'' || [[Chinookan languages|Chinookan]] || 58 (0.02) || 10.34% |- | [[Caddo language|Caddo]] || ''Hasí:nay'' || [[Caddoan languages|Caddoan]] || 51 (0.01) || 23.53% |- | [[Central Kalapuya language|Kalapuya]] (Santiam) || — || [[Kalapuyan languages|Kalapuyan]] || 50 (0.01) || — |- | [[Gros Ventre language|Gros Ventre]] (Atsina) || ''Ahahnelin'' || [[Algic languages|Algic]] || 45 (0.01) || — |- | [[Valley Yokuts|Tachi]] || — || [[Yokutsan languages|Yokutsan]] || 45 (0.01) || 57.78% |- | [[Maricopa language|Maricopa]] || ''Piipaash chuukwer'' || [[Yuman–Cochimí languages|Yuman]] || 44 (0.01) || 22.73% |- | [[Chumashan languages|Chumash]] ||data-sort-value="Shamala"| ''S.hamala'' || [[Chumashan languages|Chumashan]] || 39 (0.01) || 100.00% |- | [[Nomlaki language|Nomlaki]] || ''Nomlāqa'' || [[Wintuan languages|Wintuan]] || 38 (0.01) || — |- | [[Konkow language|Konkow]] (NW Maidu) || ''Koyoom k'awi'' || [[Maiduan languages|Maiduan]] || 32 || 100.00% |- |[[Tunica language|Tunica]] |Yuron |[[Language isolate|Isolate]] |32 |— |- | [[Tonkawa language|Tonkawa]] || ''Tickanwa•tic'' || ''[[Language isolate|Isolate]]'' || 29 || — |- |[[Caddo language|Caddo]] |— |[[Caddoan languages|Caddoan]] |25 |— |- | [[Wintu language|Wintu]] || ''Wintʰu:h'' || [[Wintuan languages|Wintuan]] || 24 || — |- | [[Salish-Spokane-Kalispel language|Spokane]] || ''Npoqínišcn'' || [[Salishan languages|Salishan]] || 20 || 40.00% |- | [[Ahtna language|Ahtna]] || ''Atnakenaege’'' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 18 || — |- | [[Columbia-Moses language|Columbia]] (Sinkiuse) || ''Nxaảmxcín'' || [[Salishan languages|Salishan]] || 17 || — |- | [[Atsugewi language|Atsugewi]] || ''Atsugé'' || [[Palaihnihan languages|Palaihnihan]] || 15 || — |- | [[Colorado River Numic language|Chemehuevi]] ||data-sort-value="Nuwuvi"| ''Nüwüvi'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 15 || — |- |[[Abenaki language|Abenaki]] |— |[[Algic languages|Algic]] |14 |— |- | [[Northern Paiute language|Northern Paiute]] || ''Numu'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 12 || — |- | [[Dena'ina language|Dena'ina]] (Tanaina) || ''Dena’ina qenaga'' || [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]] || 11 || — |- | [[Cupeño language|Cupeño]] || ''Kupangaxwicham'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 11 || — |- | [[Nuu-chah-nulth language|Nuu-chah-nulth]] (Nootka) ||data-sort-value="Nuucaanul"| ''Nuučaan̓uł'' || [[Wakashan languages|Wakashan]] || 10 || — |- |[[Pawnee language|Pawnee]] |''Chatiks si chatiks'' |[[Caddoan languages|Caddoan]] |10 | |- |[[Arikara language|Arikara]] |''Sanish'' |[[Caddoan languages|Caddoan]] |10 | |- | [[Alutiiq language|Alutiiq]] (Gulf Yupik) || ''Sugpiaq'' || [[Eskimo–Aleut languages|Eskimo–Aleut]] || 8 || — |- | [[Kansa language|Kansa]] ||data-sort-value="Kanza"| ''Káⁿza'' || [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] || 7 || — |- | [[Siuslaw language|Siuslaw]] ||data-sort-value="Saayusla"| ''Šáayušła'' || ''[[Language isolate|Isolate]]'' || 6 || — |- | [[Cayuga language|Cayuga]] || ''Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’'' || [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]] || 6 || — |- | [[Serrano language|Serrano]] || ''Taaqtam'' || [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] || 5 || — |- |[[Tübatulabal language|Tübatulabal]] |— |[[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] |5 |— |- | [[Yuchi language|Yuchi]] || ''Tsoyaha'' || ''[[Language isolate|Isolate]]'' || 4 || — |- |[[Shasta language|Shasta]] |— |[[Shastan languages|Shastan]] |2 |100.00% |- |[[Wukchumni language|Wukcumni]] |— |[[Yokutsan languages|Yokutsan]] |1 |0.00% |- |[[Quapaw language|Quapaw]] |— |[[Siouan languages|Siouan]] |1 |— |}
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