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Abenaki, Eastern
[aaq] Maine: Androscoggin-Kennebec and Penobscot valleys. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Madeline Tower Shay, died in 1993 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 90 (2000 census). Total Abenaki in the United States. Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Penobscot Nation. Alternate Names: Abenaki, Alnombak, Alnôbak, Eastern Abnaki, Wawenock. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian, Abenaki.
Abenaki, Western
[abe] Vermont: north end of Lake Champlain. Users: 4 in United States (2012 D. Stevens). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Alternate Names: Alnombak, Alnôbak. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian, Abenaki.
Achumawi
[acv] California: northeast. Users: 10 (Golla 2007). Most are semi-speakers or passive speakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,000. Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Alturas Indian Rancheria, Pit River Tribe, Redding Rancheria, Round Valley Indian Tribes-Round Valley Reservation, Susanville Indian Rancheria. Alternate Names: Achomawi, Pitt River. Classification: Palaihnihan.
Afrikaans
[afr] Alaska; Alabama; Arizona; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Indiana; and Idaho. Users: 23,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian.
Afro-Seminole Creole
[afs] Texas: Bracketville; Oklahoma: east of Norman. Users: Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Afro-Seminole, Black Seminole, Seminole. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Northern.
Ahtena
[aht] Alaska: Cantwell, Chickaloon, and Copper river above Eyak river mouth, upper Susitna and Nenana drainages, 8 total communities; Washington state. Users: 30 (Berez 2011). Ethnic population: 500 (1995 M. Krauss). Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Cheesh-Na Tribe, Chickaloon Native Village, Gulkana Village, Knik Tribe, Mentasta Traditional Council, Native Village of Cantwell, Native Village of Chitina, Native Village of Gakona, Native Village of Kluti Kaah (aka Copper Center), Native Village of Tazlina. Alternate Names: Ahtna, Atna, Atnakenaege’, Copper River, Mednovskiy. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan.
Aklanon
[akl] Users: 23,600 in United States (2010 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Bisayan, West, Aklan.
Alabama
[akz] Texas: Alabama-Coushatta Reservation near Livingston. Users: 370 (2015 census). Ethnic population: 460 (2000 census). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town. Alternate Names: Albaamo, Albaamo innaaɬiilka, Alibamu. Classification: Muskogean, Eastern Muskogean, Central Muskogean, Apalachee-Alabama-Koasati, Alabama-Koasati.
Albanian, Gheg
[aln] Scattered. Users: 66,900 in United States (2010 census). Census figure of 133,870 does not distinguish between Gheg [aln] and Tosk [als]. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Albanian, Gheg.
Albanian, Tosk
[als] Massachussetts: Boston; Illinois: Chicago; Michigan: Detroit, New York: New York city; Pennsylvania: Philadelphia. Users: 66,900 in United States (2015 census). Census figure of 133,870 does not distinguish between Gheg [aln] and Tosk [als]. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Albanian, Tosk.
Aleut
[ale] Alaskan peninsula, east Aleutian Islands, and Pribilofs (Eastern Aleut dialect); Aleutian chain, Atka island (Western Aleut dialect). Users: 150 in United States (Krauss 2007). Ethnic population: 2,300 (Dorais 2010). Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove, King Salmon Tribe, Native Village of Akutan, Native Village of Atka, Native Village of Belkofski, Native Village of False Pass, Native Village of Nelson Lagoon, Native Village of Nikolski, Native Village of Unga, Ninilchik Village, Pauloff Harbor Village, Pribilof Islands Aleut Communities of St. Paul & St. George Islands, Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point Village, Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska. Alternate Names: Anangax, Unangax. Autonym: Unangam tunnu. Classification: Eskimo-Aleut, Aleut.
American Sign Language
[ase] Scattered, especially in urban centers and near (present or former) residential deaf schools. Users: 408,000 in United States, all users. L1 users: 277,000 in United States (Mitchell et al 2006). Mitchell et al 2006 estimate no more than 277,000 in 1972 who were prevocationally deaf; more recent figures unavailable but an estimate based on 0.1% of total population for 2019 would be 325,000. L2 users: 131,000 (Mitchell et al 2006). Total users in all countries: 860,605 (as L1: 729,605; as L2: 131,000). Status: 5 (Developing). Provincially recognized language, state laws cover a variety of issues: approving ASL for college credit, regulating interpreter services, deaf children’s education, etc. Recognized language (1990, Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA), requires governments, nonprofit organizations and private businesses to make their services accessible to deaf people, and mandates equal access to telecommunications services. Alternate Names: #A-S-L, ASL, Ameslan, SIGN AMERICA. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Amharic
[amh] Scattered. Users: 195,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, South, Transversal, Amharic-Argobba.
Angloromani
[rme] Scattered. Users: Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: English Romani, Romani, Romani English, Romanichal, Romanis. Classification: Mixed language, English-Romani.
Apache, Jicarilla
[apj] New Mexico: Dulce area. Users: 510 (2015 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 3,100 (Golla 2007). All Apache varieties: 13,270 (2000 census). Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Jicarilla Apache Nation. Alternate Names: Hikariya, Hoyero, Jicarilla Abáachi, Ollero. Autonym: Abáachi mizaa. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Apachean, Apache.
Apache, Kiowa
[apk] Oklahoma: Caddo county. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last fluent speaker died in 2008 (Morgan 2012). L2 users: 0. Ethnic population: 1,000 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Apache Tribe of Oklahoma. Alternate Names: Na’isha, Plains Apache. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Apachean, Apache.
Apache, Lipan
[apl] New Mexico: Mescalero Reservation. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker survived into the 1980s (1981 R. W. Young). Status: 9 (Dormant). Alternate Names: Lipan. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Apachean, Apache.
Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
[apm] New Mexico: Mescalero Reservation; Oklahoma: some Chiricahua at Fort Sill. Users: 150 (2019 L. Darrow). 150 Mescalero in New Mexico, 3 Chiricahua in Oklahoma (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: More than 3,000 Mescalero (Golla 2007). 175 Chiricahua, including 149 in New Mexico (2000 census). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation. Autonym: Ndé bizaa. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Apachean, Apache.
Apache, Western
[apw] Arizona: several reservations east central. Users: 14,000 (Golla 2007). 6,000 on San Carlos, 7,000 on Fort Apache Reservation (White Mountain Apache Tribe); smaller numbers at Tonto, Camp Verde, and Fort McDowell reservations (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 20,200 (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona, White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation. Alternate Names: Coyotero, Nnee biyáti’. Autonym: Ndee biyáti’. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Apachean, Apache.
Arabic, Algerian Spoken
[arq] Users: 30,500 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Egyptian Spoken
[arz] Users: 122,000 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Gulf Spoken
[afb] Users: 10,200 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Hijazi Spoken
[acw] Users: 39,200 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Libyan Spoken
[ayl] Users: 8,140 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken
[acm] Users: 64,600 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
[ary] Users: 108,000 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Najdi Spoken
[ars] Users: 3,000 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
[apc] Users: 173,000 in United States (2019 census). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
[ajp] Users: 164,000 in United States (2019 census). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
[acq] Users: 51,400 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
[aeb] Users: 10,200 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arapaho
[arp] Wyoming: Wind River Reservation; also associated with Cheyenne [chy] in central Oklahoma. Users: 1,070 (2015 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 5,940 (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation (Northern Arapaho), Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (Southern Arapaho), Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation. Alternate Names: Arrapahoe. Autonym: Hinónoʼeitíít. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Arapaho.
Arikara
[ari] North Dakota: Fort Berthold Reservation, mostly Parshall and White Shield. Users: 10 (Golla 2007), decreasing. Ethnic population: 94 (2000 census). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Alternate Names: Arikaree, Arikari, Arikaris, Ree, Ris, Sáhniš. Classification: Caddoan, Northern Caddoan, Kitsai-Proto-Pawnee, Proto-Pawnee.
Armenian, Western
[hyw] California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York; 38 other states. Users: 238,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: 7 (Shifting). Classification: Indo-European, Armenian.
Assiniboine
[asb] Montana: Fort Belknap and Fort Peck reservations. Users: 150 L1 speakers in both countries. Ethnic population: 3,500 in the United States and Canada (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana. Alternate Names: Assiniboin, Hohe, Nakhoda, Nakhona, Nakhota, Nakhóda, Nakhóna, Nakhóta, Nakoda, Nakon, Nakona, Nakota. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Dakota.
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[aii] California; Illinois: Chicago. Users: 80,000 in United States. Ethnic population: 550,000. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern.
Atsugewi
[atw] California: northeast. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker, Medie Webster, died in 1988 (Golla 2011). Ethnic population: 200 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Pit River Tribe, Susanville Indian Rancheria. Classification: Palaihnihan.
Azerbaijani, South
[azb] California, New York, Tennessee, and Virginia. Users: 2,090 in United States (2015 census). Census does not distinguish between South Azerbaijani [azb] and North Azerbaijani [azj]. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani.
Barbareño
[boi] California: near Santa Barbara. Users: No known L1 speakers (Golla 2007), but emerging L2 speakers. Last speaker, Mary Yee, died in 1965 (2004 W. Poser). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Classification: Chumashan, Central Chumash.
Basque
[eus] Scattered. Users: 1,860 in United States (2015 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Euskara. Classification: Language isolate.
Belize English Creole
[bzj] Users: 40,000 in United States. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Western.
Bengali
[ben] Scattered. Users: 258,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bengali-Assamese.
Blackfoot
[bla] Montana: Blackfeet Reservation. Users: 100 in United States (2001 I. Goddard), decreasing. Ethnic population: 1,970 (2010 census). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana. Alternate Names: Blackfeet, Niitsipowahsin, Siksiká. Classification: Algic, Algonquian.
Bukharic
[bhh] Michigan; New York City. Users: 50,000 in United States. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian.
Bulgarian
[bul] Scattered. Users: 57,800 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern.
Burmese
[mya] Users: 62,600 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Ngwi-Burmese, Burmish, Southern.
Caddo
[cad] Oklahoma: Caddo county. Users: 25 (Golla 2007). No monolinguals (2000 B. Levy). Ethnic population: 45 (2000 census). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. Alternate Names: Caddoe, Hasí:nay, Hatsinai, Kado, Kadohadacho. Classification: Caddoan.
Cahuilla
[chl] California: San Gorgonio Pass and Mohave Desert areas. Users: 6 (Golla 2011). Ethnic population: 800 (Hinton 2007). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the Cahuilla Reservation, Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians, Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Ramona Band of Cahuilla, Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians, Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Takic, Cahuilla.
Catalan
[cat] Users: 2,330 in United States (2015 census). Language identified in census as Catalonian. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, East Iberian.
Catawba
[chc] South Carolina: Rock Hill area. Users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last speaker, Samuel Taylor Blue, died in 1959. Ethnic population: 500 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Catawba Indian Nation (Catawba Tribe of South Carolina). Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Catawban.
Cayuga
[cay] New York: Cattaraugus Reservation. Users: 6 in United States (2010 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 45 (2000 census). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Cayuga Nation, Seneca-Cayuga Nation. Alternate Names: Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’. Classification: Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian, Five Nations-Huronian-Susquehannock, Five Nations-Susquehannock.
Cebuano
[ceb] Hawaii; scattered elsewhere. Users: 15,700 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Bisayan, Cebuan.
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
[cld] California; Michigan: Detroit. Users: 80,000 in United States (1998). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern.
Chamorro
[cha] Scattered. Users: 19,800 in United States (2015 census). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Chamorru. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Chamorro.
Chehalis, Lower
[cea] Washington: southwest coast. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last known speakers may have survived into the 1990s (1990 M. Kinkade). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Quinault Indian Nation, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation. Alternate Names: Łəw’ál’məš. Classification: Salish, Tsamosan, Maritime.
Chehalis, Upper
[cjh] Washington: south of Puget Sound. Users: No known L1 speakers (Golla 2007). The last speaker, Lillian Young, died in 2001 (2002 B. Mittge). Ethnic population: 200 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Cowlitz Indian Tribe. Alternate Names: Chehalis, Kwaiailk, Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉. Classification: Salish, Tsamosan, Inland.
Cherokee
[chr] Oklahoma: Cherokee Reservation; North Carolina: Great Smokey Mountains area. Users: 1,520 (2018 Cherokee Nation Tribal Survey). Spoken by 1,200 of the 124,000 member Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, by 217 of the 8,600 members of the Eastern Band of Cherokees in North Carolina, by 101 of the 8,000 members of the United Keetoowah Band of Oklahoma and Arkansas. 130 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 376,000 (2018 Cherokee Nation Tribal Survey). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Alternate Names: Aniyunwiya, Tslagi. Autonym: Tsalagi, ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ (Tsalagi Gawonihisdi). Classification: Iroquoian.
Chetco
[ctc] Oregon: south coast. Users: No known L1 speakers. There were 4 known speakers in 1964 (Mithun 1999). The last first-language speaker died before 1990 (Golla 2011). Ethnic population: 100 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, Oregon Athabaskan, Tolowa-Chetco.
Cheyenne
[chy] Montana: Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation; central Oklahoma. Users: 380 (2018 W. Leman), decreasing. Spoken by 350 in Montana, 30 in Oklahoma (2018 W. Leman). Ethnic population: 4,000 (Golla 2007). In Montana. Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. Alternate Names: Tsisinstsistots, Tsitsistas. Autonym: Tsėhesenėstsestȯtse. Classification: Algic, Algonquian.
Chickasaw
[cic] Oklahoma: Byng and Happyland (near Ada) north, Davis and Ardmore west, to Fillmore and Wapanucka east. Users: 75 (2017 Chickasaw Nation), decreasing. Ethnic population: 35,000 (1999 Chickasaw Nation). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: The Chickasaw Nation. Alternate Names: Chikashshanompa’. Classification: Muskogean, Western Muskogean.
Chimariko
[cid] California: northwest. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last speaker, Martha Zigler, died around 1950 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: No ethnic group members left (1997 K. Turner). Status: 10 (Extinct). Classification: Language isolate.
Chinese, Hakka
[hak] Users: 3,800 in United States (2015 census). United States Census figure for all Chinese varieties: 2,900,000 (2015). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Chinese, Mandarin
[cmn] California: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose areas; Illinois: Chicago area; Massachusetts: Boston area; New York: New York City area; Texas: Dallas and Houston areas; Washington: Seattle area. Users: 1,370,000 in United States (2015 census). United States Census figure for all Chinese varieties: 2,900,000 (2015). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Chinese, Min Dong
[cdo] New York; Pennsylvania. Users: 4,080 in United States (2015 census). Identified as Fuchow in census. United States Census figure for all Chinese varieties: 2,900,000 (2015). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Chinese, Min Nan
[nan] Users: 219,000 in United States (2015 census). Identified in census as Formosan. United States Census figure for all Chinese varieties: 2,900,000 (2015). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Chinese, Wu
[wuu] California; New York. Users: 7,510 in United States (2015 census). United States Census figure for all Chinese varieties: 2,900,000 (2015). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Chinese, Yue
[yue] California: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose areas; Illinois: Chicago area; Massachusetts: Boston area; New York: New York City area; Texas: Dallas and Houston areas; Washington: Seattle area. Users: 1,290,000 in United States (2015 census). United States Census figure for all Chinese varieties: 2,900,000 (2015). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Chinook
[chh] Oregon: Warm Springs Reservation; Washington: Yakima Reservation. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last known speakers died in 1930. Ethnic population: 140 (2000 census). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Quinault Indian Nation, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation. Alternate Names: Lower Chinook, Shoalwater. Classification: Chinookan.
Chinook Wawa
[chn] Oregon: Polk and Yamhill counties, Grand Ronde reservation. Users: No known L1 speakers in United States (Wurm et al 1996). A total of 1,000 L2 speakers in both Canada and the United States (Grant 2013). The last L1 speaker died in the mid-1970s. Total users in all countries: none known. Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. Alternate Names: Chinook Jargon, Chinook Pidgin, Jargon, Tsinuk Wawa. Autonym: Chinuk Wawa. Classification: Pidgin, Amerindian.
Chippewa
[ciw] Michigan; Minnesota; North Dakota; Wisconsin. Users: 5,000. Ethnic population: 104,000 (1990 census). Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Bay Mills Indian Community, Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan, Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan, Sokaogon Chippewa Community, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota. Alternate Names: Minnesota Ojibwe, Ojibway, Ojibwe, Southwestern Ojibwa. Autonym: Anishinaabemowin. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Ojibwa-Potawatomi.
Chitimacha
[ctm] Louisiana: south. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last speaker, Delphine Decloux, died in 1940 (Mithun 1999). Ethnic population: 300 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana. Alternate Names: Chetemacha. Classification: Language isolate.
Choctaw
[cho] Louisiana; Mississippi: east central; Oklahoma: McCurtain county; Tennessee. Users: 9,640 (2015 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 20,000 (Golla 2007). In Oklahoma. Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. Autonym: Chahta, Chahta Anumpa. Classification: Muskogean, Western Muskogean.
Chuukese
[chk] California; Colorado; Hawaii; Kansas; Michigan; Nebraska; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Texas; Washington; Wisconsin. Users: 8,790 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Pohnpeic-Chuukic, Chuukic.
Clallam
[clm] Washington: Port Angeles and northeast Olympic Peninsula. Users: 6 in United States, all users. L1 users: No known L1 speakers in United States, but emerging L2 speakers. The last fluent speaker, Hazel Sampson, died in 2014 (2014 J. Kaminsky). L2 users: 6. Ethnic population: 3,000 (2014 J. Kaminsky). Total users in all countries: 6 (as L1: 0; as L2: 6). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Tribal Community, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Skokomish Indian Tribe. Alternate Names: Klallam, Na’klallam, S’klallam. Classification: Salish, Central Salish.
Cocopa
[coc] Arizona: lower Colorado river south of Yuma. Users: 370 in United States (2015 census). 6 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 700 (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Cocopah Tribe of Arizona. Alternate Names: Cocopah, Cucapá, Delta River Yuman, Kikima, Kuapá, Kwikapa. Classification: Cochimí-Yuman, Yuman, Delta-California.
Coeur d’Alene
[crd] Idaho: Coeur d’Alene Reservation. Users: 1 (Kramer 2016). Ethnic population: 80 (2000 census). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Coeur D’Alene Tribe. Alternate Names: Schitsu’umsh, Skitswish, Snchitsu’umshtsn. Classification: Salish, Interior, Southern.
Columbia-Wenatchi
[col] Washington: Colville Reservation in north-central Washington. Users: 17 (2010 census). 25 Columbia speakers (Golla 2007). L2 users: 0. Ethnic population: 230 (2000 census). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Alternate Names: Chelan, Columbian, Moses-Columbia, Moses-Columbia Salish, Nxa’amxcin, Wenatchee, Wenatchi, Wenatchi-Columbia. Classification: Salish, Interior, Southern.
Comanche
[com] Oklahoma: west. Users: 100 (Golla 2007), decreasing. Ethnic population: 8,500 (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Comanche Nation. Alternate Names: Numinu. Autonym: Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic, Central.
Coos
[csz] Oregon: south coast. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Martha Harney Johnson, died in 1972 (Mithun 1999). Ethnic population: 150 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Coos; Lower Umpqua; and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation. Alternate Names: Hanis. Classification: Coosan.
Coquille
[coq] Oregon: southwest. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last speaker died in mid-1970s. Status: 10 (Extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Coquille Indian Tribe. Alternate Names: Chasta Costa, Ko’kwel, Miluk, Mishikhwutmetunee, Tutuni-Chasta Costa-Coquille, Upper Coquille. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, Oregon Athabaskan, Tututni-Chasta Costa-Coquille.
Cowlitz
[cow] Washington: southwest. Users: No known L1 speakers (2002 M. Kinkade). The last speakers survived into the 1960s. Ethnic population: 200 (1990 M. Kinkade). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Quinault Indian Nation. Alternate Names: Lower Cowlitz. Classification: Salish, Tsamosan, Inland.
Cree, Plains
[crk] Montana: Rocky Boy Reservation north central. Users: 100 in United States (2001 I. Goddard), decreasing. Ethnic population: 1,560 (2000 census). Ethnic population may include Chippewa [ciw]. Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Nēhiyawēwin, Nehiyaw, Western Cree. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Cree-Montagnais.
Croatian
[hrv] Scattered. Users: 53,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Crow
[cro] Montana: south. Users: 4,160 (2015 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 8,500 (Golla 2007). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Crow Tribe of Montana. Alternate Names: Absaroke, Absarokee, Apsaroke. Autonym: Apsáalooke. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Missouri River Siouan.
Cruzeño
[crz] California: Channel Islands off the coast from Santa Barbara. Users: No known L1 speakers. All speakers relocated to mainland in early 19th century and probably extinct by early 20th century. Status: 9 (Dormant). Alternate Names: Chumash, Chumasha Proper, Island Chumash, Island Chumashan, Isleño, Santa Rosa, Ysleño. Classification: Chumashan, Island Chumash.
Cupeño
[cup] California: Pala reservation area, north of Valley Center. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Roscinda Nolasquez, died in 1987. Ethnic population: 700 (2000 A. Yamamoto). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Pala Band of Luiseño Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Takic, Cahuilla.
Czech
[ces] Scattered. Users: 47,400 in United States (2015 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Čeština, Český jazyk. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
Dakota
[dak] Minnesota: Upper Sioux, Lower Sioux, Prior Lake, Prairie Island, Minneapolis; Montana: Fort Peck reservation; Nebraska: Santee; North Dakota: Devils Lake, northern Standing Rock reservation, Sisseton-Lakota Traverse reservation; South Dakota: Crow Creek, Sisseton-Lakota Traverse and Yankton reservations, Flandreau. Users: 100 in United States (2016 W. Meya), decreasing. Ethnic population: 170,000 (2016 Lakota Language Consortium). Includes all ethnic Sioux. Total users in all countries: 290. Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota, Mdewakanton Sioux Indians, Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota, Santee Sioux Nation, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, Spirit Lake Tribe, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (North Dakota and South Dakota), Upper Sioux Community, Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Alternate Names: Dakhótiyapi, Sioux. Autonym: Dakhóta. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Dakota.
Danish
[dan] Scattered. Users: 28,300 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Danish-Riksmal, Danish.
Deg Xinag
[ing] Alaska: Anvik, Shageluk, Holy Cross, and Grayling. Kuskokwim dialect spoken in Grayling; Yukon dialect spoken only in Shageluk. Some elderly speakers in Anchorage. Users: 15 (2015 census). Ethnic population: 280 (Golla 2007). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Anvik Village, Shageluk Native Village, Village of Stony River. Alternate Names: Deg Xit’an, Degexit’an, “Ingalik” (pej.), “Ingalit” (pej.), “Ingqiliq” (pej.). Autonym: Deg Xinag. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan.
Delaware
Delaware, Pidgin
[dep] Connecticut; Delaware; New Jersey; New York: Manhattan. Users: No known L1 speakers. Status: 10 (Extinct). Classification: Pidgin, Amerindian.
Dutch
[nld] Scattered. Users: 142,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian.
Efik
[efi] Scattered. Users: 5,620 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Cross River, Delta Cross, Lower Cross, Obolo, Efik.
English
[eng] Widespread. Users: 306,000,000 in United States, all users. L1 users: 257,000,000 in United States (2019 Word Factbook). L2 users: 49,000,000 (2019). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Esselen
[esq] California: central coast near Carmel. Users: No known L1 speakers. No native speakers survived into the twentieth century (Mithun 1999). Ethnic population: 80 (2000 A. Yamamoto). Status: 9 (Dormant). Alternate Names: Huelel. Classification: Language isolate.
Estonian, Standard
[ekk] Users: 6,040 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Uralic, Finnic.
Eyak
[eya] Alaska: Copper river mouth. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Marie Smith Jones, died in January 2008 (2008 BBC News). Ethnic population: 50 (1995 M. Krauss). Status: 9 (Dormant). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan.
Fijian
[fij] Arizona; California; Hawaii; Maryland; Oregon; Utah; Washington. Users: 5,760 in United States (2015 census). 2,430 in California. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, East Fijian.
Finnish
[fin] Users: 25,800 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Uralic, Finnic.
French
[fra] Maine; New Hampshire; Vermont. Users: 2,123,000 in United States, all users. L1 users: 1,250,000 in United States (2015 census). L2 users: 873,000 (2018). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Français. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
French, Cajun
[frc] Louisiana: west of the Mississippi to Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, and Evangeline parishes; Texas: small border area west of Sabine river, east of Beaumont. Users: 21,300 (2015 census), decreasing. Status: 7 (Shifting). Alternate Names: Acadian, Cajan, Cajun, Louisiana French, cadien, français de la Louisiane, françé la lwizyàn. Autonym: français cadien, français louisianais. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
Fulfulde, Adamawa
[fub] Scattered. Users: 30,500 in United States (2015 census). Predominant Fulfulde language in the United States. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Senegambian, Fula-Wolof, Fula, Eastern.
Galice
[gce] Oregon: southwest. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Hoxie Simmons, died in 1963 (Mithun 1999). Status: 10 (Extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, Oregon Athabaskan.
Garifuna
[cab] California: Los Angeles; Florida: Miami; Louisiana: New Orleans; New York: New York City. Users: 65,000 in United States (2001 E. Velásquez). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Maipurean, Northern, Maritime, Ta-Maipurean, Iñeri.
German, Hutterite
[geh] Minnesota; Montana; North Dakota; South Dakota; Washington; Oregon. Users: 10,800 in United States (2007 SIL). There are 128 colonies in the United States, with about 95 people per colony. Status: 6a (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Carinthian German, Hutterian German, Hutterisch, Tirolean, Tyrolese. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Bavarian-Austrian.
German, Pennsylvania
[pdc] Scattered; Florida; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Missouri; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin; new communities in other states. Users: 133,000 in United States (2015 census), increasing. Ethnic population: 200,000 (Kloss and McConnell 1981). Total users in all countries: 148,000. Status: 6b (Threatened). Alternate Names: Die Mudderschprooch, Pennsilfaani-Deitsch, Pennsylfaanisch Deitsch, Pennsylvaanisch Deitsch, Pennsylvania Deitsh, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvanisch-Deitsch, Pennsylvanish. Autonym: Deitsch, Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, West Middle German.
German, Standard
[deu] Texas: central. Users: 1,060,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Greek
[ell] Users: 305,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic.
Gros Ventre
[ats] Montana: Fort Belknap reservation, Milk river. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last fluent speaker, Jim White Crow, died in 1981 (Mithun 1999). Less than 10 fully fluent speakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,000 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana. Alternate Names: A’ananin, Aane, Ahahnelin, Ahe, Ananin, Atsina, Fall Indians, Gros Ventres, White Clay People. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Arapaho.
Gujarati
[guj] Users: 373,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Gujarati.
Gwich’in
[gwi] Alaska: Arctic village, Birch Creek, Chalkyitsik, Circle, Fort Yukon, and Venetie; on Yukon river and tributaries. Users: 300 in United States (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,000 (Krauss 2007). Status: 7 (Shifting). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Beaver Village, Birch Creek Tribe, Chalkyitsik Village, Circle Native Community, Native Village of Fort Yukon, Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government (Arctic Village and Village of Venetie). Alternate Names: Dinju Zhuh K’yuu, Kutchin. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan.
Haida, Northern
[hdn] Alaska: Craig, Hydaburg, Kasaan, Ketchikan, and Prince of Wales island south tip; panhandle south tip. Users: 4 in United States (2017). Ethnic population: 130 (Golla 2007). 600 (1995 M. Krauss). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Alternate Names: X̱aad Kíl, X̱aat Kíl, Xaad Kil, Xaat Kíl. Classification: Haida.
Haitian Creole
[hat] Scattered. Users: 453,000 in United States (2000 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Creole, French based.
Halkomelem
[hur] Washington state. Users: 25 in United States (1997 B. Galloway), decreasing. Ethnic population: 5,270 (1997 B. Galloway). Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Halq’eméylem, Holkomelem, Hul’q’umi’num’. Classification: Salish, Central Salish.
Han
[haa] Alaska: Eagle; Yukon river near Alaska-Canada border. Users: 12 in United States (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 50 (Golla 2007). Total users in all countries: 19. Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Native Village of Eagle. Alternate Names: Dawson, Han-Kutchin, Hän, Moosehide. Autonym: Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan.
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
[yuf] Arizona: central and northwest. Walapai dialect: Grand Canyon south rim; Havasupai dialect: Grand Canyon bottom. Users: 690 (2015 census). 145 Havasupai, 300 Walapai, 245 Yavapai (2015 census). Ethnic population: 3,860 (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007), including 570 Havasupai, 1,870 Walapai, 1,420 Yavapai ({Ichihashi-Nakayama 2004}). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe. Alternate Names: Pai, Upland Yuman, Upper Colorado River Yuman. Classification: Cochimí-Yuman, Yuman, Pai.
Hawaii Pidgin
[hwc] Hawaii; Florida: Orlando; Nevada: Las Vegas; west coast. Users: 1,000,000, all users. L1 users: 600,000 (2012 J. Grimes). Another 100,000 on the United States mainland. L2 users: 400,000. Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: HCE, Hawai’i Creole, Hawai’i Creole English, Hawaiian Creole, Hawaiian Creole English, Hawaiian Pidgin, ōlelo paʻi ʻai. Autonym: Hawaii Pidgin, Pidgin. Classification: Creole, English based, Pacific.
Hawaii Sign Language
[hps] Hawaii, scattered. Users: 40 (2019 J. Woodward), all users. Most or all of these use the mixed variety Creolized Hawaii Sign Language (CHSL). L1 users: 1 (2020 J. Woodward). There is some disagreement as to whether anyone who is still alive knows the original, pre-ASL version. Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Alternate Names: HPS, HSL, Hawai’i Pidgin Sign Language, Hawaiian Sign Language. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Hawaiian
[haw] Hawaii: mainly Ni’ihau island, Island of Hawai’i, some on all other islands; some in every state. Users: 2,000 (Wurm 2007). 500 with Ni’ihau Island connections, another 500 in their 70s or 80s (1995 L. Wong). 8,000 can speak and understand it (1993 K. Haugen). In 1900 there were 37,000 L1 speakers (1995 Honolulu Advertiser). 2000 census lists 27,200. Ethnic population: 336,000. 237,000 in Hawaii (1996 Hawaii State Department of Health), 19% of the population (1990 Hawaii State Department of Health), and 99,000 ethnic Hawaiians on the United States mainland (1990 census), including 24,300 in California. Ethnic Hawaiians include 8,300 pure Hawaiian, 72,800 between 50% and 99% Hawaiian, 127,500 fewer than 50% Hawaiian in Hawaii (1984 Office of Hawaiian Affairs). In 1778 there were believed to have been more than 500,000 pure Hawaiians (1995 W. Harada). Status: 2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in State of Hawaii (1978, Hawaii Constitution, Article 15(4)), co-official with English. Alternate Names: ’Olelo Hawai’i Makuahine. Autonym: ’Olelo Hawai’i. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Marquesic.
Hebrew
[heb] New York: New York City; California: Los Angeles; concentrated in other urban areas; scattered elsewhere. Users: 213,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Canaanite.
Hidatsa
[hid] North Dakota: Fort Berthold Reservation. Users: 200 (Golla 2007). 25–50 semifluent speakers. 6 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 600 (2000 census). Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Alternate Names: Hinatsa, Hiraca, Minitari. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Missouri River Siouan.
Hindi
[hin] Users: 643,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Western Hindi, Hindustani.
Hmong Daw
[mww] California; Minnesota; Wisconsin. Users: 185,000 in United States (2010 census). Total Hmong speakers: 223,000 (2019 ACS). Status: 5* (Developing). Classification: Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Chuanqiandian.
Hmong Njua
[hnj] Users: 38,000 in United States (2019). Total Hmong speakers: 223,000 (2019 ACS). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Chuanqiandian.
Ho-Chunk
[win] Iowa: south of Sioux City, east bank, Missouri river; Nebraska: Winnebago Reservation; Wisconsin: central, scattered. Users: 250 (Golla 2007). 230 reported in 1997 (1997 V. Zeps). Ethnic population: 1,650 (2000 census). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Alternate Names: Hocąk, Hocak Wazijaci, Hocank, Hochank, Hochunk, Hocák, Winnebago. Autonym: Hoocąk. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Chiwere-Winnebago.
Holikachuk
[hoi] Alaska: Grayling village on lower Yukon river. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker, Wilson Deacon, died in 2012. Ethnic population: 200 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Organized Village of Grayling (aka Holikachuk). Alternate Names: Innoko. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan.
Hopi
[hop] Arizona: several villages northeast; New Mexico; Utah. Users: 6,080 (2015 census), decreasing. 40 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 7,350 (Golla 2007). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation (Arizona and California), Hopi Tribe of Arizona. Autonym: Hopílavayi. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan.
Hungarian
[hun] Scattered. Users: 86,400 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Uralic.
Hupa
[hup] California: Hoopa Valley Reservation, northwest. Users: 31, all users. L1 users: 1 (2015 Oregon Public Broadcasting), decreasing. L2 users: 30 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 2,000 (Hinton 2007). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Blue Lake Rancheria, Hoopa Valley Tribe. Alternate Names: Hoopa, Hoopa-Chilula, Hupa-Chilula-Whilkut, Na:tinixwe Mixine:whe’. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, California Athabaskan.
Icelandic
[isl] Users: 4,870 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, West Scandinavian.
Ilocano
[ilo] Hawaii; scattered on mainland. Users: 85,800 in United States (2015 census). 45,800 in Hawai’i. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Luzon, Ilocano.
Indonesian
[ind] Users: 67,400 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay.
Ineseño
[inz] California: Santa Barbara area. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last speaker died in 1965. Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation. Alternate Names: Chumash, Chumasha Proper, Inezeño, Samala, Santa Inez, Santa Rosa, Ynezeño. Classification: Chumashan, Central Chumash.
Inupiaq
Inupiatun, North Alaskan
[esi] Alaska: Norton Sound and Point Hope. Users: All Inupiatun: 3,000, including [esk] (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6,420 (2000 census). May include Northwest Alaska Inupiatun [esk]. All Inupiatun: 13,500 including [esk] (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Alatna Village, Atqasuk Village, Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Kaktovik Village, Native Village of Ambler, Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Native Village of Buckland, Native Village of Deering, Native Village of Kiana, Native Village of Kivalina, Native Village of Kobuk, Native Village of Kotzebue, Native Village of Noatak, Native Village of Nuiqsut, Native Village of Point Hope, Native Village of Point Lay, Native Village of Selawik, Native Village of Shungnak, Noorvik Native Community, Village of Anaktuvuk Pass, Village of Wainwright. Alternate Names: Eskimo, Ieupiaq, Inupiak, Inupiat, Iñupiaq, North Alaskan Inuktitut, North Alaskan Inupiaq, North Alaskan Inupiat, North Alaskan Iñupiaq, Uqabniqput Ieupiatun. Autonym: Iñupiatun. Classification: Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Inuit-Inupiaq.
Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
[esk] Alaska: Bering Strait, Kobuk and Noatak rivers, and Seward Peninsula. Users: 5,580 (2010 census), decreasing. All Inuit languages: 75,000 out of 91,000 in the ethnic group (1995 M. Krauss). Census lists this as Eskimo. Ethnic population: All Inupiatun: 13,500 (includes [esi]) (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Chinik Eskimo Community (Golovin), King Island Native Community, Native Village of Brevig Mission, Native Village of Council, Native Village of Diomede, Native Village of Koyuk, Native Village of Mary’s Igloo, Native Village of Shaktoolik, Native Village of Shishmaref, Native Village of Teller, Native Village of Unalakleet, Native Village of Wales, Native Village of White Mountain, Nome Eskimo Community, Village of Solomon. Alternate Names: Eskimo, Ieupiaq, Iñupiaq, Northwest Alaska Inupiat, Seward Peninsula Inupiaq. Autonym: Iñupiatun. Classification: Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Inuit-Inupiaq.
Iowa-Oto
[iow] Oklahoma: central. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last fluent speaker, Otoe Truman Dailey, of Iowa and Chiwere died in 1996 (Mithun 1999). Ethnic population: 1,150 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians. Alternate Names: Iowa-Oto-Missouria. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Chiwere-Winnebago.
Irish
[gle] Massachusetts: Boston; scattered elsewhere. Users: 20,600 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Celtic, Insular, Goidelic.
Italian
[ita] Users: 709,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian.
Iu Mien
[ium] Users: 19,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Hmong-Mien, Mienic, Mian-Jin.
Japanese
[jpn] California: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose areas; Hawaii. Users: 449,000 in United States (2015 census). Ethnic population: 842,000 (2010 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Japonic.
Jemez
[tow] New Mexico: north central. Users: 1,790 (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007), decreasing. 6 monolinguals (1990). Ethnic population: 1,940 (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Pueblo of Jemez. Alternate Names: Jemez Towa, Towa. Classification: Kiowa-Tanoan.
Kabardian
[kbd] California: Orange county; New Jersey: Paterson. Users: 3,500 in United States (2005 Circassian Association), including Adyghe [ady] speakers. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Abkhaz-Adyghe, Circassian.
Kabuverdianu
[kea] Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Users: 425,000 in United States (2010 Instituto de Apoio ao Emigrante). Status: 5 (Dispersed). Classification: Creole, Portuguese based.
Kalapuya
[kyl] Oregon: northwest. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker (Santiam dialect) died in the 1950s (Golla 2007). Status: 10 (Extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation. Alternate Names: Kalapuyan, Luckiamute, Lukamiute, Santiam, Wapatu, Yoncalla. Classification: Takelman.
Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille
[fla] Montana: Flathead Reservation; Washington: Kalispel Reservation. Users: 64 (2005 T. Pete), decreasing. 58 in Salish and Pend d’Oreille; 4 in Kalispel (2000 census). Ethnic population: 6,800 (1997). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation. Alternate Names: Nqlispélišcn, Salish, “Flathead-Kalispel” (pej.), “Kalispel-Flathead” (pej.). Classification: Salish, Interior, Southern, Kalispel.
Kannada
[kan] Scattered. Users: 48,600 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Kannada.
Kansa
[ksk] Oklahoma: north central. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker, Walter Kekahbah, died in 1983 (2005 D. Ranney). Ethnic population: 1,700 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Kaw Nation. Alternate Names: Kanze, Kaw, Konze. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Dhegihan.
Karok
[kyh] California: northwest along Klamath river. Users: 12 (Golla 2007). 30 have some L2 fluency (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 340 (2000 census). 1,900 (2000 A. Yamamoto). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, Karuk Tribe, Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California. Alternate Names: Karuk. Classification: Language isolate.
Kashaya
[kju] California: Sonoma county. Users: 45 (1994 L. Hinton), decreasing. Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewart’s Point Rancheria. Alternate Names: Southwestern Pomo. Classification: Pomoan, Western, Southern.
Kato
[ktw] California: Laytonville Reservation northwest. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in the 1960s. A few have fragmentary memories of the language (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 92 (1982 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Cahto Indian Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria, Round Valley Indian Tribes-Round Valley Reservation. Alternate Names: Batem-Da-Kai-Ee, Cahto, Kai Po-Mo, Tlokeang. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, California Athabaskan.
Kawaiisu
[xaw] California: Tehachapi-Mojave area, Mojave desert. Users: 5 (2005 J. Turner). Ethnic population: 150 (2005 J. Turner). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic, Southern.
Keres, Eastern
[kee] New Mexico: Cochiti, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Santo Domingo, and Zia pueblos. Users: 6,680 (Golla 2007). Includes 500 Zia speakers, 390 Santa Ana, 2,340 San Felipe, 2,850 Santo Domingo, 600 Cochiti (Golla 2007). 2010 census lists 13,100 as Keres. Ethnic population: 8,100 (Golla 2007). Includes 1,200 Cochiti, 2,600 San Felipe, 650 Santa Ana, 2,850 Santo Domingo, 800 Zia. Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Kewa Pueblo, Pueblo of Cochiti, Pueblo of San Felipe, Pueblo of Santa Ana, Pueblo of Zia. Alternate Names: Eastern Keres Pueblo, Rio Grande Keresan. Classification: Keresan.
Keres, Western
[kjq] New Mexico: north central. Users: 3,990 (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007). Includes 1,930 Acoma, 2,060 Laguna (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007); 2015 census lists 13,200 as Keres. Ethnic population: 10,700 (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007). Includes 3,860 Acoma, 6,870 Laguna. Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Pueblo of Acoma, Pueblo of Laguna. Alternate Names: Acoma-Laguna, Queresano occidental, Western Keres Pueblo. Classification: Keresan.
Khmer
[khm] California: Orange county, Long Beach; North Dakota; New York; Oregon; Rhode Island; Texas; Washington: Seattle; Wisconsin. Users: 212,000 in United States (2015 census). Identified as Cambodian Mon-Khmer in the census report. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Eastern Mon-Khmer, Khmer.
Khmu
[kjg] California: Stockton; Virginia: Richmond; Washington: Seattle; Arizona, Oklahoma, and Texas. Users: 8,000 in United States (2010), based on ethnicity. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Northern Mon-Khmer, Khmuic, Mal-Khmu’, Khmu’.
Kickapoo
[kic] Kansas: Horton northeast; Oklahoma: Jones and McCloud; Texas: Nuevo Nacimiento. Users: 400 in United States (Golla 2007), decreasing. 6 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 820 (2000 census). Total users in all countries: 463. Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas, Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. Alternate Names: Kikapoo. Autonym: Kikapú. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Fox.
Kiowa
[kio] Oklahoma: west central. Users: 400 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6,000 (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma. Alternate Names: Cáuigù, Cáuijò:gyà, Gaigwu. Autonym: Cáuijògà. Classification: Kiowa-Tanoan.
Kitsai
[kii] Oklahoma: Caddo county, among Caddo [cad] language speakers. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in 1940 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 2,000 (1997 S. DeLancey). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita; Keechi; Waco; Tawakonie). Alternate Names: Kichai. Classification: Caddoan, Northern Caddoan, Kitsai-Proto-Pawnee.
Klamath-Modoc
[kla] Oregon: east and north of Klamath and Agency lakes. Users: 6, all users. L1 users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Mabie Eggsman, died in 2003 (2003 L. Juillerat). L2 users: 6 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 170 (2000 census). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Klamath Tribes, Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma, Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California. Alternate Names: E-ukshikni, Klamath, Lutuami, Lutuamí-modoco, Modoc. Classification: Language isolate.
Koasati
[cku] Louisiana: Koasati Reservation near Elton; Texas: Alabama-Koasati Reservation near Livingston. Users: 370 (2015 census), decreasing. Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. Alternate Names: Coushatta. Autonym: Koasati. Classification: Muskogean, Eastern Muskogean, Central Muskogean, Apalachee-Alabama-Koasati, Alabama-Koasati.
Korean
[kor] California: Los Angeles area; Hawaii; New York: New York City. Users: 1,120,000 in United States (2015 census). Ethnic population: 2,550,000 (2019 Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Koreanic.
Koyukon
[koy] Alaska: Koyukuk and middle Yukon rivers. Users: 65 (2015 census). Ethnic population: 2,300 (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Allakaket Village, Beaver Village, Evansville Village (aka Bettles Field), Galena Village (aka Louden Village), Hughes Village, Huslia Village, Koyukuk Native Village, Manley Hot Springs Village, Native Village of Ruby, Native Village of Stevens, Native Village of Tanana, Nulato Village, Rampart Village, Village of Kaltag. Alternate Names: Ten’a. Autonym: Denaakk’e. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan.
Krio
[kri] Users: 10,600 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Krio.
Kumiai
[dih] California: east of San Diego and some in Imperial Valley. Users: 150 in United States (Golla 2007). 40–50 fluent speakers of Kumeyaay, 100 speakers of Tipai, a few elderly people speak Ipai (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Campo Band of Diegueño Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, Capitan Grande Band of Diegueño Mission Indians of California, Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, Inaja Band of Diegueño Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, Jamul Indian Village of California, La Posta Band of Diegueño Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, Manzanita Band of Diegueño Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, Mesa Grande Band of Diegueño Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, San Pasqual Band of Diegueño Mission Indians of California, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. Alternate Names: Campo, Diegueño, Digueño, Kamia, Kumeyaay, Mesa Grande Diegueño, Tipai’. Classification: Cochimí-Yuman, Yuman, Delta-California.
Kurdish, Northern
[kmr] Users: 17,000 in United States (2015 census). Census does not distinguish between Northern Kurdish [kmr], Central Kurdish [ckb], and Southern Kurdish [sdh]. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Kurdish.
Kuskokwim, Upper
[kuu] Alaska: Upper Kuskokwim, McGrath, Nikolai, and Telida rivers. Users: 40 (Golla 2007). 3 households (1997). Ethnic population: 160 (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: McGrath Native Village, Nikolai Village, Takotna Village, Telida Village, Village of Stony River. Alternate Names: Dena’ina, Goltsan, Kolchan, McGrath Ingalik. Autonym: Dinakʼi. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan.
Kutenai
[kut] Idaho: Flathead Reservation; Montana. Users: 220 in United States (2015 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 360 (2000 census). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho. Alternate Names: Kootenai, Ktunaxa. Classification: Language isolate.
Lakota
[lkt] Montana; Nebraska: northwest corner; North Dakota: Bismark, Standing Rock reservation; South Dakota: Cheyenne River, Lower Brule reservation, Pine Ridge, Rapid City, Rosebud. Urban centers including Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Users: 2,100 in United States, all users. L1 users: 2,000 in United States (1997 W. Meya), decreasing. 2,300 L1 speakers of all Sioux dialects in a total population of 175,000. L2 users: 100 (2016 W. Meya). Ethnic population: 170,000 (2016 W. Meya). Includes all ethnic Sioux. Total users in all countries: 2,200 (as L1: 2,100; as L2: 100). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (North Dakota and South Dakota). Alternate Names: Lakhota, Lakotiyapi, Teton, Teton Sioux. Autonym: Lakhótiya, Lakȟótiyapi. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Dakota.
Lao
[lao] Users: 153,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Kra-Dai, Kam-Tai, Tai, Southwestern.
Latvian, Standard
[lvs] Scattered. Users: 16,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Baltic, Eastern.
Lithuanian
[lit] Scattered. Users: 39,800 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Baltic, Eastern.
Louisiana Creole
[lou] California: Sacramento; Louisiana: Iberia, Lafayette, Lafourche, Natchitoches, Pointe-Coupée, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and St. Tammany parishes; Texas: east. Users: 4,800 (Mayeux 2019). Ethnic population: 4,000,000 (1997 M. Melançon). Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Creole, Kréyol, Louisiana Creole French, Louisiana French Creole, créole louisianais, kréyol la lwizyàn. Autonym: Kouri-Vini. Classification: Creole, French based.
Luiseño
[lui] California: south. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker survived into the early 2010s (Golla 2011). Ethnic population: 2,500 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Pala Band of Luiseño Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, Pauma Band of Luiseño Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, Rincon Band of Luiseño Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians. Alternate Names: Payómkawichum. Autonym: Cham’teela. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Takic.
Lushootseed
[lut] Washington: Puget Sound area. Users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last native speaker, Vi Hilbert, died in 2008 (2008 C. Willmsen). Ethnic population: 18,000 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Tulalip Tribes of Washington, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington. Alternate Names: Dəxʷləšucid, Northern Lushootseed, Northern Puget Sound Salish, xʷəlšucid. Autonym: dxʷləšucid. Classification: Salish, Central Salish, Lushootseed.
Macedonian
[mkd] Users: 22,900 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern.
Maidu, Northeast
[nmu] California: Plumas and Lassen counties, northern Sierras. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker, Farrell Cunningham, died in 2013 (2013 J. Little). Only a few semispeakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 110 (2000 census). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California, Greenville Rancheria, Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California, Susanville Indian Rancheria. Alternate Names: Maidu, Maidu Proper, Mountain Maidu, Májdy. Classification: Maiduan, Maidu.
Maidu, Northwest
[mjd] California: Butte, and Yuba counties, Feather river, Oroville area. Ethnic group scattered. Users: No known L1 speakers. Survived into the 2000s. Ethnic population: 200 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California, Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California, Round Valley Indian Tribes-Round Valley Reservation. Alternate Names: Concow, Holólupai, Konkau, Konkow, Koyoomk’awi, Koyoongk’awi, Maiduan, Mechoopda, Meidoo, Michopdo, Nákum, Secumne, Sekumne, Tsamak, Yuba, “Digger” (pej.). Classification: Maiduan.
Maidu, Valley
[vmv] California: Chico. Users: No known L1 speakers (2000). Extinct by the twenty-first century. Status: 10 (Extinct). Alternate Names: Chico, Chico Maidu. Classification: Maiduan, Maidu.
Makah
[myh] Washington: Neah Bay on northern tip of Olympic Peninsula, opposite Vancouver Island. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker, Ruth Claplanhoo, died in 2002 (2002 M. Barber). Ethnic population: 2,220 (2000 census). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation. Alternate Names: Kwe-Nee-Chee-Aht, Kweedishchaaht, qʷi·qʷi·diččaq. Classification: Wakashan, Southern Wakashan.
Malay
[zlm] Users: 14,600 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay.
Malayalam
[mal] Scattered. Users: 146,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Malayalam.
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
[pqm] Maine: Indian Township and Pleasant Point. Users: 100 in United States (Golla 2007), decreasing. 850 Passamaquoddy (2015 census). Ethnic population: 2,500 (1997 K. Teeter). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Passamaquoddy Tribe. Alternate Names: Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, Peskotomuhkati Wolastoqewi Latuwewakon. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian.
Mandan
[mhq] North Dakota: Fort Berthold Reservation. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Edwin Benson, died in 2016 (2016 Language Magazine). L2 users: 0. Ethnic population: 130 (2000 census). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan.
Marathi
[mar] Scattered. Users: 73,600 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Southern.
Maricopa
[mrc] Arizona: Phoenix area; associated with Pima [ood] language speakers on Gila River and Salt River reservations. Users: 35 (2015 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 800 (Golla 2007). 160 in Arizona (2000 census). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation. Alternate Names: Cocomaricopa, Piipaash. Classification: Cochimí-Yuman, Yuman, River, Mojave.
Marshallese
[mah] Users: 18,500 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Marshallese.
Mattole
[mvb] California: north. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in the 1950s. Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, California Athabaskan.
Maya, Yucatec
[yua] California: San Francisco. Users: 25,000 in United States (2006 INALI). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Mayan, Yucatecan-Core Mayan, Yucatecan, Yucatec-Lacandon.
Menominee
[mez] Wisconsin: former Menomini Reservation, northeast. Users: 60, all users. L1 users: 35 (Golla 2007), decreasing. 65 semispeakers (Golla 2007). L2 users: 25. Ethnic population: 800 (2000 census). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. Alternate Names: Menomini. Autonym: Mamaceqtaw. Classification: Algic, Algonquian.
Meskwaki
[sac] Iowa: Tama. Kansas and Nebraska: eastern border area (Mesquakie dialect): Oklahoma: central (Mesquakie dialect); Fox and Sac Reservation (Fox and Sac dialects). Users: 250 (Golla 2007). 200 Mesquakie in Iowa, more than 50 Sac and Fox in central Oklahoma, a few Nemaha Sauks on the Kansas-Nebraska border (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 760 Fox. Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Sac & Fox Nation, Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri (Kansas and Nebraska), Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. Alternate Names: Meshkwahkihaki, Mesquakie, Sac and Fox, Sauk-Fox. Autonym: Meskwaki. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Fox.
Miami
[mia] Indiana: north central (Miami dialect); Oklahoma: northeast (Miami and Peoria dialects). Users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last fluent speaker died in 1989 (Mithun 1999). Ethnic population: 2,000 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. Alternate Names: Illinois, Maumee, Miami-Illinois, Myaamia, Twatwa, Twightwee, Wea. Classification: Algic, Algonquian.
Michif
[crg] North Dakota: Turtle Mountain Reservation. Users: 75 in United States (2010 census), decreasing. L2 users: 0. Total users in all countries: 545. Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota. Alternate Names: French Cree, Mitchif. Classification: Mixed language, French-Cree.
Mikasuki
[mik] Florida: Big Cypress, Immokalee, Hollywood, and Tampa Seminole reservations. Users: 290 (2015 census). Spoken by most of the 400 members of the Miccosukee Tribe as well as by many of the 2,700 members of the Seminole Tribe (Golla 2007). 35 monolinguals. Status: 6b* (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Seminole Tribe of Florida. Alternate Names: Miccosukee, Mikasuki Seminole, Mikisúkî. Classification: Muskogean, Eastern Muskogean, Central Muskogean, Hitchiti-Mikasuki.
Mi’kmaq
[mic] Maine : north near Fort Fairfield; Massachusetts: Boston; scattered elsewhere. Users: 210 in United States (2015 census). 8,150 L1 speakers in Canada and the United States(Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6,800 (Golla 2007). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians. Alternate Names: Mi’gmaw, Mi’kmaw, Micmac, Miigmao, Mikmak, Mikmaw, Mìgmaq, Mìkmaq. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian.
Miwok, Central Sierra
[csm] California: upper valleys of the Stanislause and Tuolumne rivers. Users: 12 (1994 L. Hinton). Eastern Central Sierra: 6, Western Central Sierra: 6. 50 Sierra Miwok (from 2000 census) may include Northern Sierra [nsq] and Southern Sierra [skd]. Ethnic population: 5,000 (2000 A. Yamamoto). Includes all Miwok. Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California, California Valley Miwok Tribe, Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians-Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California, Wilton Rancheria. Classification: Miwok-Costanoan, Miwokan, Eastern Miwokan, Sierra Miwok.
Miwok, Coast
[csi] California: coast from San Francisco Bay to Bodega Bay. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker, Sarah Ballard, died in 1978 (2006 N. Mullane). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. Classification: Miwok-Costanoan, Miwokan, Western Miwokan.
Miwok, Lake
[lmw] California: Clear Lake basin. Users: No known L1 speakers. 2–3 semispeakers only, not actively using language (Golla 2007); last known speaker survived into the late 1990s. Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California. Classification: Miwok-Costanoan, Miwokan, Western Miwokan.
Miwok, Northern Sierra
[nsq] California: Jackson Rancheria near Westpoint. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker survived into the late 1990s. Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California, California Valley Miwok Tribe, Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California, Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians-Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California. Classification: Miwok-Costanoan, Miwokan, Eastern Miwokan, Sierra Miwok.
Miwok, Plains
[pmw] California: San Joaquin and Cosumnes rivers’ deltas. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in the late 1990s (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Wilton Rancheria. Alternate Names: Valley Miwok. Classification: Miwok-Costanoan, Miwokan, Eastern Miwokan.
Miwok, Southern Sierra
[skd] California: Merced and Chowchilla rivers’ headwaters and Mariposa Creek. Users: 3 (2019 I. Vasquez). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California, California Valley Miwok Tribe, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians-Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract). Alternate Names: Me-Wuk, Meewoc, Mewoc, Miwoc, Miwokan, Mokélumne, Moquelumnan, San Raphael, Talatui, Talutui, Yosemite. Classification: Miwok-Costanoan, Miwokan, Eastern Miwokan, Sierra Miwok.
Mohave
[mov] Arizona-California border: Fort Mohave and Colorado River reservations. Users: 200 (2015 census). Ethnic population: 2,000 (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation (Arizona and California), Fort Mojave Indian Tribe (Arizona; California; Nevada). Alternate Names: ’Am’akhav, Hamakhav, Hamakhav Chakwar, Mojave, River Yuman, Upriver Yuman, Yuman. Autonym: Macav Chukwar. Classification: Cochimí-Yuman, Yuman, River, Mojave.
Mohawk
[moh] New York: Saint Regis Reservation, north. Users: 2,050 in United States, all users. L1 users: 1,950 in United States (2015 census). L2 users: 100 (2011 M. Mithun). Ethnic population: 6,000 (1999 SIL). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe. Alternate Names: Kanien’kéha, Kanienkehaka. Classification: Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian, Five Nations-Huronian-Susquehannock, Five Nations-Susquehannock, Mohawk-Oneida.
Mohegan-Pequot
[xpq] Connecticut; New York. Eastern Connecticut (Mohegan and Pequot dialects); eastern Long Island, New York (Montauk dialect). Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Fidelia Fielding, died in 1908 (Mithun 1999). Ethnic population: 1,400 ethnic population of Mohegan-Pequot and Narragansett [xnt] (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, Shinnecock Indian Nation. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian.
Molale
[mbe] Oregon; Washington. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Fred Yelkes, died in 1958 (Wurm et al 1996). Status: 10 (Extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. Alternate Names: Molala, Molalla, Molele. Classification: Language isolate.
Mongolian, Halh
[khk] Users: 10,200 in United States (2015 census). United States census does not distinguish between Halh Mongolian [khk] and Peripheral Mongolian [mvf]. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Mongolic, Eastern, Oirat-Khalkha, Khalkha-Buriat, Mongolian Proper.
Mono
[mnr] California: Sierra Nevada west side, between Yosemite National Park and King Canyon National Park; Sierra Nevada east side, Owens Valley, Lone Pine north to Big Pine. Users: 37 (1994 L. Hinton), decreasing. More than 20 speakers and 100 semispeakers of Western Mono. Under 30 speakers of Eastern Mono (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,000 Eastern Mono (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Big Pine Band Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley, Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California, Bishop Paiute Tribe, Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California, Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California, Table Mountain Rancheria of California, Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation. Alternate Names: Monache, Monachi. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic, Western.
Munsee
[umu] Scattered. Users: No known L1 speakers in United States. Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Delaware Nation, Stockbridge Munsee Community. Alternate Names: Delaware, Huluníixsuwaakan, Munsee Delaware, Stockbridge-Munsee. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian, Delaware.
Muskogee
[mus] Oklahoma: south Alabama Creek, Creek and Seminole; Florida: Seminole of Brighton Reservation. Users: 4,470 (2015 census). Spoken by 4,000–6,000 residents of the former territory of the Muscogee Nation and Seminole Nation in Oklahoma and by fewer than 200 of the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Golla 2007). 45 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 52,000 (1997 C. Pye). Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Kialegee Tribal Town, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Poarch Band of Creeks, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. Alternate Names: Creek, Maskoke, Muscogee. Autonym: Mvskoke. Classification: Muskogean, Eastern Muskogean, Creek-Seminole.
Nanticoke
[nnt] Delaware: south; Maryland: east. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Lydia Clark, died in the 1840s. Ethnic population: 400 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian, Nanticoke-Conoy.
Narragansett
[xnt] Connecticut; Rhode Island. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last L1 speakers probably died by the 1850s; some rememberers survived into the 1880s (Wojciechowski 1999). Ethnic population: 1,400 ethnic population of Narragansett and Mohegan-Pequot [xpq] (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Narragansett Indian Tribe. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian.
Natchez
[ncz] Louisiana (Taensa dialect); Mississippi (Taensa dialect); Oklahoma among Creeks and Cherokees. Users: 6, all users. L1 users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last speaker, Nancy Raven, died in 1957. L2 users: 6 (2011 H. Fields). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Classification: Language isolate.
Navajo
[nav] Arizona: northeast; Colorado; New Mexico: northwest; Utah: southeast. Users: 167,000 (2015 census). 7,600 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 300,000 (2011 B. Donovan). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation (Arizona and California), Navajo Nation (Arizona; New Mexico; Utah). Alternate Names: Diné, Navaho. Autonym: Diné Bizaad, Naabeehó bizaad. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Apachean.
Nepali
[npi] Users: 94,200 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Eastern, Eastern Pahari.
Nez Perce
[nez] Idaho: Kamiah and Lapwai on Nez Perce Reservation; Washington: east on Colville Reservation (Upriver dialect). Oregon: Umatilla Reservation (Downriver dialect). Users: 100 (1997 H. Aoki), decreasing. Spoken fluently only by a handful of elders on Nez Perce and Colville Reservations. 30–40 semispeakers, mostly in Idaho (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 610 (2000 census). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Nez Perce Tribe. Alternate Names: Niimíipu, Nuumiipuutimt. Autonym: Niimi’ipuutímt. Classification: Sahaptian.
Nisenan
[nsz] California: central foothills of the Sierras. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in the 1980s (Golla 2011). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians-Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California. Alternate Names: Neeshenam, Nishinam, Pujuni, Southern Maidu, Wapumni. Classification: Maiduan.
Nomlaki
[nol] California: Grindstone Rancheria, Paskenta, and Round Valley reservation. Users: 1 (Golla 2011). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California, Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California, Round Valley Indian Tribes-Round Valley Reservation. Alternate Names: Central Wintun, Wintu, Wintun. Classification: Wintuan.
Nooksack
[nok] Washington: northwest. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Sindick Jimmy, died in 1977 (Mithun 1999). Ethnic population: 1,600 (1997 B. Galloway). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Nooksack Indian Tribe of Washington. Alternate Names: Lhéchelesem, Nootsack. Classification: Salish, Central Salish.
Northern Straits Salish
[str] Washington: San Juan Islands (Samish dialect), Lummi island, Boundary bar area (Lummi dialect). Users: No known L1 speakers in United States (2021). Last fluent speaker died in 2020 (2021 T. Montler). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, Samish Indian Nation, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Tulalip Tribes of Washington. Alternate Names: North Straits Salish, Straits, Straits Salish. Classification: Salish, Central Salish.
Norwegian
[nor] Scattered. Users: 39,400 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Danish-Bokmal.
Nottoway
[ntw] Virginia: Southampton county. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last known speaker, Edith Turner, died in 1838. Status: 9 (Dormant). Classification: Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian, Tuscarora-Nottoway.
Obispeño
[obi] California: near Santa Barbara. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Rosario Cooper, died in 1917 (Golla 2011). Status: 9 (Dormant). Classification: Chumashan.
Odia
[ory] Arizona; California; Colorado; Florida; Illinois; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia. Users: 5,390 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Oriya.
Ohlone, Northern
[cst] California: Monterrey and San Benito counties. Users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. Last fluent speakers in the 18th or early 19th centuries. Status: 9 (Reawakening). Classification: Miwok-Costanoan, Costanoan.
Ohlone, Southern
[css] California: Monterrey and San Benito counties. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Isabel Meadows, died in 1939. Status: 9 (Dormant). Classification: Miwok-Costanoan, Costanoan.
Okanagan
[oka] Washington: Colville Reservation. Users: 230 in United States (2015 census). Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Alternate Names: Nselxcin, Nsyilxcen, Okanagan-Colville, Okanagon, Okanogan, Syilx. Classification: Salish, Interior, Southern.
Omaha-Ponca
[oma] Nebraska: Macy and Walthill (Omaha dialect); Iowa: south of Sioux City, east bank, Missouri river; Oklahoma: Red Rock area (Ponca dialect). Users: 85 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 525 (2000 census). 365 Omaha and 160 Ponca (2000 census). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. Alternate Names: Cegiha, Dhegiha, Mahairi, Ponka, Ppankka, Umanhan. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Dhegihan.
Oneida
[one] New York: central; Wisconsin: east. Users: 12 in United States (Golla 2007). No reliable estimates for number of speakers in New York state (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 11,000 (Golla 2007). At Green Bay, Wisconsin. Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Oneida Nation of New York, Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin. Alternate Names: Onʌyota’a:ka. Classification: Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian, Five Nations-Huronian-Susquehannock, Five Nations-Susquehannock, Mohawk-Oneida.
Onondaga
[ono] New York: south of Syracuse. Users: 12 in United States (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,600 (Golla 2007). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Onondaga Nation. Alternate Names: Onandaga, Ongwehonhwe, Onoñda’géga’. Classification: Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian, Five Nations-Huronian-Susquehannock, Five Nations-Susquehannock.
Osage
[osa] Oklahoma: north central. Users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last L1 speaker, Lucille Roubedeaux, died in 2005. Ethnic population: 11,000 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: The Osage Nation. Alternate Names: Wazhazhe. Autonym: Wazhazhe ie. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Dhegihan.
Ottawa
[otw] Michigan: near Sault Sainte Marie and elsewhere. Users: 7,210 in United States (2010 census). 310 Ottawa, 6,900 Ojibwa. 10 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 8,910 (2000 census). 560 Ottawa, 8,350 Ojibwa. Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan. Alternate Names: Chippewa, Daawaamwin, Eastern Ojibwa, Nishnaabemwin, Odawa, Ojibwe. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Ojibwa-Potawatomi.
Paiute, Northern
[pao] Nevada: north; adjacent areas of California, Idaho, Oregon. About 20 reservations spread over 1,610 square km. Users: 700 (Golla 2007), decreasing. Plus 400 semispeakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6,000 (1999 SIL). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Bridgeport Indian Colony, Burns Paiute Tribe, Cedarville Rancheria, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation (Nevada and Oregon), Klamath Tribes (Yahooskin Band of Paiute), Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada, Susanville Indian Rancheria, Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada, Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch. Alternate Names: Paviotso. Autonym: Numu. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic, Western.
Palauan
[pau] Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; Florida; Hawaii; Illinois; Maryland; Michigan; Nevada; Oklahoma; Oregon; Texas; Washington. Users: 4,140 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Palauan.
Pampangan
[pam] Alaska; California; Florida; Hawaii; Illinois; Missouri; New Jersey; New York; Oregon; Texas; Utah; Virginia; Washington. Users: 5,620 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central Luzon, Pampangan.
Pangasinan
[pag] California; Hawaii; Ohio; Washington. Users: 2,270 in United States (2015 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Luzon, Meso-Cordilleran, South-Central Cordilleran, Southern Cordilleran, West Southern Cordilleran.
Parsi
[prp] Users: 75,000 in United States (1999). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Central Iran.
Pashto, Northern
[pbu] Arizona; California; Colorado; Georgia; Illinois; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Texas; Utah; Virginia; Washington. Users: 22,800 in United States (2015 census). Census does not distinguish between Central Pashto [pst], Northern Pashto [pbu] and Southern Pashto [pbt]. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Southeastern, Pashto.
Patwin
[pwi] California: Cortina, Grindstone, and Rumsey. Users: 1 (Golla 2011). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California, Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation. Alternate Names: Southern Wintun, Wintu. Classification: Wintuan.
Pawnee
[paw] Oklahoma: north central. Users: 10 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 2,500 (Golla 2007). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. Classification: Caddoan, Northern Caddoan, Kitsai-Proto-Pawnee, Proto-Pawnee.
Persian, Iranian
[pes] Users: 391,000 in United States (2015 census). Identified as Persian in census. No distinction between Iranian Persian [pes] and Dari (Afghan Persian) [prs]. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian.
Piscataway
[psy] Maryland. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speakers probably died or shifted to other languages by the late 18th century (Mackie 2006). Status: 10 (Extinct). Alternate Names: Conoy. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian, Nanticoke-Conoy.
Plains Indian Sign Language
[psd] Scattered. Great Plains and neighboring regions, particularly on reservations of Apache, Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Crow, Hidatsa/Mandan, Kalispel, Kiowa, Kutenai, Lakota, Mandan, Navajo, Pawnee and Southern Tiwa tribes. Users: 75 in United States (2015 M. McKay-Cody), all users. Total users in all countries: 75. Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Formerly used as a lingua franca for inter-tribal contact among at least 40 different language groups by hearing and deaf people. In 1890, a private census reported 100,000 users (McKay-Cody 1996). Wide range of genres including story-telling, prayers, inter-tribal negotiation, and bartering (Davis 2010). Alternate Names: AISL, American Indian Sign Language, Hand Talk, Indian Language of Signs, Indian Sign Language, NAISL, North American Indian Sign Language, PISL, PST, Plains Sign Language, Plains Sign Talk, Sign Talk. Classification: Sign language, Shared sign language.
Plautdietsch
[pdt] California: Reedley; Kansas: Hillsboro; Oklahoma: Corn. Users: 12,000 in United States (2000). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Low German, Mennonite German, Mennonite Low German. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon.
Pohnpeian
[pon] Users: 3,530 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Pohnpeic-Chuukic, Pohnpeic.
Polish
[pol] Scattered. Users: 580,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Pomo, Central
[poo] California: north, Hopland and Clear Lake areas; also Point Arena and Manchester on the coast. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker survived into the late 1990s (1997 M. Mithun). Ethnic population: 4,770 (1997 M. Mithun). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria. Alternate Names: Ballo-Kai-Pomo, Cabanapo, H’hana, Habenapo, Khabenapo, Khana, Kulanapan, Kulanapo, Kábinapek, Venaambakaia, Venambakaiia, Yokaia. Classification: Pomoan, Western, Southern.
Pomo, Eastern
[peb] California: north, Clear Lake area. Users: No known L1 speakers (Golla 2011). There were a handful of semifluent speakers at Robinson and Big Valley Rancheria in 2008 (Golla 2011). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria, Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California, Robinson Rancheria, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California. Alternate Names: Clear Lake Pomo. Classification: Pomoan.
Pomo, Northeastern
[pef] California: Story Creek, coast range valley; Sacramento river tributary. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last fluent speaker died in 1961 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Alternate Names: Salt Pomo. Classification: Pomoan.
Pomo, Northern
[pej] California: north, Sherwood Rancheria, near Willits. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Elenor Stevenson Gonzales, died in 2005. Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California, Guidiville Rancheria of California, Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, Pinoleville Pomo Nation, Potter Valley Tribe, Redwood Valley or Little River Band of Pomo Indians of the Redwood Valley Rancheria California, Round Valley Indian Tribes-Round Valley Reservation, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California, Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California. Classification: Pomoan, Western.
Pomo, Southeastern
[pom] California. Users: 1 (2014 G. Reece). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, Koi Nation of Northern California, Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California. Alternate Names: Lower Lake Pomo. Classification: Pomoan.
Pomo, Southern
[peq] California: Cloverdale and Geyserville. Users: 1 (Walker 2012). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California, Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, Lytton Rancheria of California. Alternate Names: Gallinoméro. Classification: Pomoan, Western, Southern.
Portuguese
[por] Massachusetts: Cambridge, Sommerville; Rhode Island: Fall River, New Bedford, Provincetown. Scattered elsewhere. Users: 693,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Portuguese-Galician.
Potawatomi
[pot] Kansas; Michigan: southwest and north; Wisconsin: north; Oklahoma: central. Users: 21 in United States, all users. L1 users: 10 in United States (2018 J. Neeley), increasing. 8 speakers in Wisconsin and 2 speakers in Kansas (2018 J. Neeley). L2 users: 11 (2018 J. Neeley). Ethnic population: 25,000 (1997 L. Buszard-Welcher). Total users in all countries: 21 (as L1: 10; as L2: 11). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Forest County Potawatomi Community, Hannahville Indian Community, Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Michigan and Indiana), Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Alternate Names: Nishnabek, Pottawotomi. Autonym: Bode’wadmi. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Ojibwa-Potawatomi.
Powhatan
[pim] Virginia: Tidewater. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker had either died or shifted to English by 1800 (Pereltsvaig 2017). Ethnic population: 3,000 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Pamunkey Indian Tribe. Alternate Names: Virginia Algonkian, Virginia Algonquian. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian.
Punjabi, Eastern
[pan] Scattered. Users: 254,000 in United States (2015 census). United States census doesn’t distinguish between Eastern Punjabi [pan], and Western Punjabi [pnb]. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Panjabi.
Purepecha
[tsz] Alabama; California; Illinois; Missouri; North Carolina. Users: 15,000 in United States (2005 census). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: P’orhepecha, P’urhepecha. Classification: Tarascan.
Purepecha, Western Highland
[pua] Alabama; California; Illinois; Missouri; North Carolina; Washington; Wisconsin. Users: 45,000 in United States (2005 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Tarascan.
Purisimeño
[puy] California: south, near Santa Barbara. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speakers probably died by 1900. Status: 9 (Dormant). Alternate Names: Chumash, Chumasha Proper, La Purisima, Purismeño, Purísima, Santa Rosa. Classification: Chumashan, Central Chumash.
Quapaw
[qua] Oklahoma: northeast corner. Users: 1 (2015 Joplin Globe). Ethnic population: 160 (2000 census). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Quapaw Tribe of Indians. Alternate Names: Alkansea, Arkansas, Capa, Ogaxpa. Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Dhegihan.
Quechan
[yum] California: Fort Yuma Reservation in southeast corner. Users: 290 (2015 census). Ethnic population: 3,000 (2000 A. Yamamoto). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation (Arizona and California). Alternate Names: Kechan, Kwtsan, Quecl, Yuma. Classification: Cochimí-Yuman, Yuman, River, Mojave.
Quileute
[qui] Washington: Lower Hoh River and Quileute reservations on Pacific side of Olympic Peninsula. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in 1999 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 500 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Hoh Indian Tribe, Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, Quinault Indian Nation. Alternate Names: Quillayute. Classification: Chimakuan.
Quinault
[qun] Washington: Quinault Reservation, centered in Taholah Community on Olympic Peninsula west coast. Users: 6, all users. L1 users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last speaker, Oliver Mason, died in 1996 (1996 C. Beers). L2 users: 6 (2016 C. Terry-otewaste). Ethnic population: 1,500 (2016 C. Terry-itewaste). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Hoh Indian Tribe, Quinault Indian Nation. Autonym: kwinaył. Classification: Salish, Tsamosan, Maritime.
Romanian
[ron] Scattered. Users: 155,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern.
Russian
[rus] Scattered. Users: 879,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Salinan
[sln] California: central coast. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last speaker died around 1960 (Mithun 1999). Ethnic population: 200 (1997 K. Turner). Status: 9 (Dormant). Classification: Language isolate.
Samoan
[smo] California; Hawaii; Washington. Users: 64,100 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Samoan.
Sea Island English Creole
[gul] Georgia: Sea Islands off coast; Michigan: Detroit; New York: New York City; North Carolina: Jacksonville coastal region; South Carolina: coastal lowlands to Jacksonville, Florida. Users: 390 (2015 census). Ethnic population: 250,000. Status: 6b* (Threatened). Autonym: Geechee, Gullah. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Northern.
Seneca
[see] New York: Allegheny, Cattaraugus, and Tonawanda reservations. Users: 100 in United States (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 900 (2000 census). 6,240 (1997 W. Chafe). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Seneca Nation of Indians, Seneca-Cayuga Nation, Tonawanda Band of Seneca, Niharondasa Seneca. Autonym: Onödowá’ga:. Classification: Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian, Five Nations-Huronian-Susquehannock, Five Nations-Susquehannock.
Serbian
[srp] Scattered. Users: 70,300 in United States (2015 census). 70,260. 144,675 Serbo-Croatian speakers (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Serrano
[ser] California: south, San Bernardino and San Gorgonio Pass area. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last speaker, Dorothy Ramon, died in 2002. Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, San Manual Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the San Maual Reservation, Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Takic.
Shasta
[sht] California: north. Users: No known L1 speakers (Golla 2011). The last fluent speaker, Clara Wicks, died in 1978 (Golla 2011). Status: 10 (Extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California. Alternate Names: Sastean, Shastan. Classification: Language isolate.
Shawnee
[sjw] Oklahoma: central and northeast. Users: 260 (2015 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 11,500 (Golla 2007). 2,000 members of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe around Shawnee town (more than 100 speakers); 1,500 members of Eastern Shawnee Tribe in Ottawa County (a few elderly speakers). 8,000 members of the Loyal Shawnee in Cherokee region of Oklahoma around Whiteoak (fewer than 12 speakers) (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Shawnee Tribe. Alternate Names: Savannah, Sewanee, Shawano. Classification: Algic, Algonquian.
Shelta
[sth] Users: 7,000 in United States (2008 A. Redmond). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Mixed language, Irish-undocumented.
Shoshoni
[shh] Idaho: Fort Hall Reservation; Nevada: central to northeast. Wyoming: Wind River Reservation (Northern Shoshoni dialect); Utah: west (Gosiute dialect). Users: 1,000 (Golla 2007). There are an additional 1,000 speakers who are not fluent (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 7,000 (1977 SIL). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation (Nevada and Utah), Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation (Nevada and Oregon), Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation, Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah, Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada, Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation. Alternate Names: Shoshone. Autonym: Neme ta̲i̲kwappe, Sosoni’ ta̲i̲kwappe. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic, Central.
Sindhi
[snd] Users: 8,970 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Northwestern, Sindhi.
Sinhala
[sin] Users: 26,700 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Southern, Sinhalese-Maldivian.
Siuslaw
[sis] Oregon: south coast. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last known speakers survived into the 1970s (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 100 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Coos; Lower Umpqua; and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation. Alternate Names: Lower Umpqua, Siuslawan. Classification: Language isolate.
Skagit
[ska] Washington: Puget Sound east side. Users: No known L1 speakers (2017 D. Miller). Survived into the 2000s. Ethnic population: 350 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Alternate Names: Swinomish, Tulalip. Classification: Salish, Central Salish, Lushootseed.
Slovak
[slk] Users: 27,900 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
Slovene
[slv] Illinois; Ohio; Pennsylvania. Users: 6,370 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Alternate Names: Slovenian, Vintak. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Snohomish
[sno] Washington: northwest, Tulalip Reservation. Users: No known L1 speakers (2017 D. Miller). Survived into the 2000s. Ethnic population: 800 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Classification: Salish, Central Salish, Lushootseed.
Somali
[som] Users: 76,200 in United States (2012 census). Based on foreign-born population from Somalia. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali.
Soninke
[snk] Ohio: Cincinnati, Columbus; New York: New York City; Pennsylvania: Philadelphia. Users: 5,000 in United States (2011 C. Clayman). Status: Unestablished. Alternate Names: Soninkanxanne. Classification: Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Northwestern, Soninke-Bobo, Soninke-Boso, Soninke.
Southern Lushootseed
[slh] Washington: Auburn, Muckleshoot Reservation. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker, Ellen Williams, died in 2016. Ethnic population: 210 (2010 census). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Nisqually Indian Tribe, Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation, Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Tulalip Tribes of Washington. Alternate Names: Southern Puget Sound Salish, Twulshootseed, Whulshootseed, xʷəlšuʔcid. Classification: Salish, Central Salish, Lushootseed.
Southwestern Caribbean English Creole
[jam] Florida: Miami area; Maryland: Baltimore; New York: New York City; Pennsylvania: Philadelphia. Users: 22,000 in United States (2015 census). 4,390 in New York state. Status: Unestablished. Alternate Names: Jamaican English Creole. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Western.
Spanish
[spa] Widespread. Users: 59,600,000 in United States, all users. L1 users: 43,800,000 in United States (2019). L2 users: 15,800,000 (Instituto Cervantes 2019). Status: 2 (Provincial). De facto provincial language in New Mexico. Alternate Names: Castellano, Español. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
Spokane
[spo] Washington: northeast. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last known speakers survived into the late 2000s. Ethnic population: 1,000 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation. Alternate Names: Spokan. Classification: Salish, Interior, Southern, Kalispel.
Swahili
[swh] Scattered. Users: 88,700 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Swahili (G.42).
Swedish
[swe] Scattered. Users: 55,700 in United States (2015 census). Ethnic population: 5,330,000 (2000 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Swedish.
Tagalog
[tgl] California: all major cities; Hawaii; Illinois: Chicago area; New York: New York City area; Nevada: Las Vegas area. Users: 1,610,000 in United States (2015 census). Ethnic population: 2,650,000 (2010 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Tagalog.
Tai Dam
[blt] Iowa: Des Moines. Users: 3,000 in United States. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Kra-Dai, Kam-Tai, Tai, Southwestern.
Tamil
[tam] Scattered. Users: 191,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Tamil.
Tanacross
[tcb] Alaska: Dot Lake, Tanacross, Upper Tanana area, Healy Lake, and Tok. Users: 60 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 220 (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Healy Lake Village, Native Village of Tanacross, Village of Dot Lake. Autonym: Nee’anděg’. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan.
Tanaina
[tfn] Alaska: Cook Inlet and adjacent area. Users: 90 (2015 census). Ethnic population: 900 (Golla 2007). Status: 7 (Shifting). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Eklutna Native Village, Kenaitze Indian Tribe, Knik Tribe, Lime Village, Native Village of Tyonek, Ninilchik Village, Nondalton Village, Pedro Bay Village, Village of Red Devil, Village of Salamatoff, Village of Stony River. Alternate Names: Dena’ina, Kinayskiy. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan.
Tanana, Lower
[taa] Alaska: Tanana river below Fairbanks, Minto, and Nenana. Users: 15 (Krauss 2007). Ethnic population: 400 (Krauss 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Native Village of Minto, Nenana Native Association. Alternate Names: Minto, Tanana, Tanana Athabaskan. Autonym: Menhti Kenaga. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan.
Tanana, Upper
[tau] Alaska: upper Tanana river area, Northway, Tetlin, and Tok villages. Users: 100 in United States (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 300 (Golla 2007). Total users in all countries: 110. Status: 7 (Shifting). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Native Village of Tetlin, Northway Village. Alternate Names: Nabesna, Tabesna. Autonym: Nee’aaneegn’. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan.
Tatar
[tat] Users: 7,000 in United States. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Western, Uralian.
Telugu
[tel] Scattered. Users: 248,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, South-Central, Telugu.
Tenino
[tqn] Oregon: Warm Springs Reservation. Users: 50 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,000 (1977 SIL). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Alternate Names: Celilo, Columbia River Sahaptin, Umatilla-Tenino, Warm Springs. Classification: Sahaptian, Sahaptin.
Tewa
[tew] Arizona: Hano and Hopi Reservation; New Mexico: Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Santa Clara, North of Santa Fe, and Tesuque pueblos. Users: 1,500 (Golla 2007), decreasing. 1,200 speakers in New Mexico, 300 in Arizona (Golla 2007). 18 monolinguals (1990 census). Ethnic population: 4,860 (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Hopi Tribe of Arizona, Ohkay Owingeh, Pueblo of Nambe, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Pueblo of San Ildefonso, Pueblo of Santa Clara, Pueblo of Tesuque. Alternate Names: Tano. Autonym: Tewa. Classification: Kiowa-Tanoan.
Thai
[tha] Scattered. Users: 153,000 in United States (2015 census). Ethnic population: 183,000 (2010 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Kra-Dai, Kam-Tai, Tai, Southwestern.
Tibetan
[bod] California; Colorado; Illinois; Massachusetts; Minnesota; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; Oregon; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; Wisconsin. Users: 16,700 in United States (2015 census). Census does not distinguish between different Tibetan languages. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, Central Bodish, Central.
Tillamook
[til] Oregon: northwest. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Minnie Scovell, died in 1972 (2009 Tillamook Headlight Herald). Status: 10 (Extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation. Classification: Salish.
Timbisha
[par] California: Little Lake area in south Eureka Valley; Owens Lake, Coso Range, south Owens Valley area; Nevada: Amargosa Desert, Argus range, Beatty area, north and central Death Valley; Funeral Range on California-Nevada border; Grapevine mountains; Inyo mountains east slopes, northern Panamint valley and mountains; Saline valley. Users: 20 (Golla 2007). No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 100 (1998 J. McLaughlin). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Big Pine Band Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley, Bishop Paiute Tribe, Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Tribe, Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. Alternate Names: Coso, Koso, Koso Shoshone, Panamint, Panamint Shoshone, Tumpisa Shoshone, Tümpisa Panamint Shoshone, Tümpisa Shoshone, Tümpisa Shoshoni. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic, Central.
Tiwa, Northern
[twf] New Mexico: north central. Users: 1,070 (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007), decreasing. 998 Taos, 66 Picuris speakers (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007). Picuris spoken by nearly all 230 members of the Picuris Pueblo. 800 Taos speakers out of 1,600 in the pueblo (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,830 (Golla 2007). Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Pueblo of Picuris, Pueblo of Taos. Alternate Names: Tigua, Tiwa. Classification: Kiowa-Tanoan, Tanoan.
Tiwa, Southern
[tix] New Mexico: Isleta and Sandia pueblos, north and south of Albuquerque. Users: 1,600 (Golla 2007), decreasing. 1,500 Isleta, 100 Sandia speakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 4,500 (Golla 2007), including 4,000 Isleta and 500 Sandia ({Golla 2007}). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Sandia, Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo. Alternate Names: Tigua, Tiwa. Classification: Kiowa-Tanoan, Tanoan.
Tlingit
[tli] Alaska: Carcross-Tagish inland, Ketchikan south to Yakutat north. Users: 1,240 in United States (2015 census), decreasing. 500 fluent speakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 10,000 (1995 M. Krauss). Total users in all countries: 1,242. Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Angoon Community Association, Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes, Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan), Chilkoot Indian Association (Haines), Craig Community Association, Douglas Indian Association, Hoonah Indian Association, Ketchikan Indian Corporation, Klawock Cooperative Association, Organized Village of Kake, Organized Village of Saxman, Petersburg Indian Association, Sitka Tribe of Alaska, Skagway Village, Wrangell Cooperative Association, Yakutat Tlingit Tribe. Alternate Names: Kolosch, Kolosh, Thlinget, Tlinkit. Autonym: Łingít. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Tlingit.
Tohono O’odham
[ood] Arizona: south central. 60 villages on 7 reservations. Users: 14,000 in United States (Golla 2007). 180 monolinguals (1990 census). Ethnic population: 33,000 (Ichihashi-Nakayama 2004), including 20,000 Papago, 13,000 Pima ({Ichihashi-Nakayama 2004}). Total users in all countries: 14,200. Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona. Alternate Names: Nebome, Nevome, O’odham, O’othham, Papago-Pima, Tohono O’otham, Upper Piman. Autonym: Oʼodham ha-ñeʼokĭ, Oʼodham ñiok. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Pimic.
Tolowa
[tol] California: Smith River Rancheria, near Crescent City. Users: No known L1 speakers (Golla 2011), but emerging L2 speakers. The last fluent speaker may have died before 1990 (Golla 2011). Ethnic population: 1,000 (2000 A. Yamamoto). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Big Lagoon Rancheria, Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, Elk Valley Rancheria, Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation. Alternate Names: Smith River. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, Oregon Athabaskan, Tolowa-Chetco.
Tongan
[ton] Hawaii; California: Los Angeles, San Francisco; Oklahoma: Oklahoma City. Users: 31,400 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Alternate Names: Faka Tonga. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Tongic.
Tonkawa
[tqw] Oklahoma: central. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in the late 1960s (Pego 2001). Ethnic population: 200 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. Classification: Language isolate.
Triqui, Copala
[trc] California: Greenfield, Hollister, King City, coast. Users: 5,000 in United States (2007 SIL). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Trique.
Tsimshian
[tsi] Alaska: Annette island, New Metlakatla, on panhandle tip; Ketchikan. Users: 40 in United States (2015 census). Ethnic population: 1,300 (Golla 2007). Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Metlakatla Indian Community; Annette Island Reserve. Alternate Names: Chimmezyan, Sm’algyax, Tsimshean, Zimshian. Classification: Tsimshian.
Tübatulabal
[tub] California: south central near Bakersfield. Users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last speaker, Jim Andreas, died in 2008 (Golla 2011). Ethnic population: 900 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation. Alternate Names: Pahka’anil, Pahkaanil, Pakaanil, Pakanapul. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan.
Tunica
[tun] Louisiana: north central. Users: 32, all users. L1 users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last known native speaker, Sesostrie Youchigant (aka Sam Young), died in 1948 (1964 M. Haas). L2 users: 32 (2017 J. Maxwell). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. Alternate Names: Tonica, Yuron. Autonym: Luhchi Yoroni. Classification: Language isolate.
Turkish
[tur] Scattered. Users: 117,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Southern, Turkish.
Turoyo
[tru] New York; New Jersey; Massachusetts. Users: 5,000 in United States (1994). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northwestern.
Tuscarora
[tus] New York: Tuscarora Reservation near Niagara Falls; North Carolina: east. Users: 2 in United States (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,200 (1997 M. Mithun). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Tuscarora Nation of New York. Alternate Names: Skarohreh. Autonym: Ska:rù:rę’. Classification: Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian, Tuscarora-Nottoway.
Tututni
[tuu] Oregon: southwest. Users: 3 (2017). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation. Alternate Names: Lower Rogue River. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, Oregon Athabaskan, Tututni-Chasta Costa-Coquille.
Twana
[twa] Washington: Puget Sound area. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker died in 1980 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 350 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Skokomish Indian Tribe. Alternate Names: Skokomish, Ti’tuwaduqut’sid, Tuwa’duqx. Classification: Salish, Central Salish.
Ukrainian
[ukr] Scattered. Users: 152,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Umatilla
[uma] Oregon: Umatilla Reservation, northeast. Users: 25 (Golla 2007). 25–50 Umatilla and Walla Walla [waa] speakers together. Ethnic population: 120 (1977 SIL). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Alternate Names: Columbia River Sahaptin, Ichishkíin. Classification: Sahaptian, Sahaptin.
Unami
[unm] Oklahoma: Andarko, Bartlesville. Users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last known speaker, Edward Thompson, died in 2002. Ethnic population: 11,000 (2015). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians. Alternate Names: Delaware, Lenape, Lenni-Lenape. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian, Delaware.
Urdu
[urd] Users: 398,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Western Hindi, Hindustani.
Ute-Southern Paiute
[ute] Colorado: southwest and Utah: southeast and northeast (Ute dialect); Utah: southwest; Arizona:north; Nevada: south; New Mexico: northwest (Southern Paiute dialect); California: lower Colorado river (Chemehuevi dialect). Users: 1,900 (2015 census). 3 Chemehuevi on Chemehuevi Reservation, 10 on Colorado River Reservation (Hinton 1994). 20 monolinguals (1990 census). Ethnic population: 6,230 (Golla 2007). Ute: 4,800; Southern Paiute: 1,430 (Golla 2007). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation (Arizona and California), Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona, Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians, Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (Colorado; New Mexico; Utah). Alternate Names: Colorado River Numic, Southern Paiute, Ute-Chemehuevi. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic, Southern.
Uyghur
[uig] California; District of Columbia; Florida; Idaho; Maryland; New Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania; Texas; Virginia; Washington. Users: 8,900 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Eastern.
Ventureño
[veo] California: south near Santa Barbara. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died before 1950 (Golla 2011). Status: 9 (Dormant). Classification: Chumashan, Central Chumash.
Vietnamese
[vie] California: Los Angeles area and San Jose; Massachusetts: Boston; Oklahoma: Oklahoma City; Oregon: Portland; Pennsylvania: Philadelphia; Texas: Dallas area and Houston; Washington: Seattle. Users: 1,400,000 in United States (2015 census). Ethnic population: 1,630,000 (2010 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Viet-Muong, Vietnamese.
Wailaki
[wlk] California: north. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in the 1960s (2015 L. Stansberry). Status: 10 (Extinct). Language of registered tribe: Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California, Round Valley Indian Tribes-Round Valley Reservation, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California. Alternate Names: Upper Eel River. Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, California Athabaskan.
Walla Walla
[waa] Oregon: Umatilla Reservation. Users: 25 (Golla 2007). 25–50 Walla Walla and Umatilla [uma] speakers together (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 700 (1977 SIL). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Alternate Names: Ichishkíin, Northeast Sahaptin. Classification: Sahaptian, Sahaptin.
Wampanoag
[wam] Massachusetts: southeast. Users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. Last known speaker died at the end of the 19th century (Mithun 1999). Ethnic population: 4,000 (2006). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts. Alternate Names: Massachusett, Massachusetts, Natick. Autonym: Wôpanâak. Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian.
Wappo
[wao] California: north of San Francisco Bay. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Laura Fish Somersal, died in 1990. Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California. Classification: Yukian.
Wasco-Wishram
[wac] Oregon: north central; Washington: south central. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker, Gladys Thompson, died in 2012 (2012 K. Foden-Vencil). Ethnic population: 750 (1977 SIL). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Alternate Names: Columbia Chinook, Upper Chinook, Wasco, Wishram. Classification: Chinookan, Upper Chinookan.
Washo
[was] California; Nevada; southeast of Lake Tahoe. Users: 10 (1998 J. Brook). Several dozen fully fluent speakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,500 (Golla 2007). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Susanville Indian Rancheria, Washoe Tribe (Nevada and California). Alternate Names: Washoe. Autonym: wá:šiw ʔítlu. Classification: Language isolate.
Welsh
[cym] All states. Users: 2,240 in United States (2015 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Celtic, Insular, Brythonic.
Wichita
[wic] Oklahoma: Caddo county, Anadarko. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Doris Jean Lamar-McLemore, died in 2016 (2016 R. Poolaw). Ethnic population: 2,100 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita; Keechi; Waco; Tawakonie). Classification: Caddoan, Northern Caddoan.
Wintu
[wnw] California: Hayfork, Redding, Trinity Center, Weaverville in north Sacramento valley, north of Cottonwood creek, into mountains to Trinity river headwaters. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last known speaker, Flora Jones, died in 2003 (Golla 2011). Status: 10 (Extinct). Language of registered tribe: Redding Rancheria. Alternate Names: Northern Wintun, Wintun. Classification: Wintuan.
Wiyot
[wiy] California: northwest. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Della Prince, died in 1962 (Mithun 1999). Ethnic population: 450 (2000 A. Yamamoto). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, Blue Lake Rancheria, Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, Wiyot Tribe. Alternate Names: Kowilth, Sulátĕlŭk, Weott, Weyot, Wishosk, Wiyoshk. Autonym: Soulátluk. Classification: Algic, Ritwan.
Wyandot
[wyn] Kansas: Kansas City; Michigan: Trenton; Oklahoma: Wyandotte. Users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. Last speaker died about 1960 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 11,300 (2021 M. Lukaniec). Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma (6,800), Wyandot Nation of Kansas (650), and the Wyandot Nation of Anderdon in Michigan (3,800). Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Wyandotte Nation. Alternate Names: Wandat, Wyandott, Wyandotte. Classification: Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian, Five Nations-Huronian-Susquehannock, Huronian, Huron-Petun.
Yakama
[yak] Washington: Toppenish, on Yakima Reservation, south central. Users: 25 (Golla 2007), decreasing. Ethnic population: 8,000 (1977 SIL). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Alternate Names: Ichishkíin, Waptailmim, Yakima. Classification: Sahaptian, Sahaptin.
Yaqui
[yaq] Arizona: Pascua. Users: 640 in United States (2015 census). Ethnic population: 8,000 (Golla 2007). Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Alternate Names: Hiak-nooki, Yoeme. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Taracahitic, Cahitan.
Yiddish, Eastern
[ydd] Scattered with concentrations in major urban centers. Users: 156,000 in United States (2015 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, Yiddish.
Yokuts
[yok] California: San Joaquin river and valley; Sierra Nevada slopes. Users: 50 (Golla 2007). Wukchumne dialect: fewer than 10; Choinumne dialect: 6; Yowlumne dialect: 20–25 fluent and semispeakers; Chukchansi: a few semispeakers; Tachi dialect: a few speakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 2,500 (2000 A. Yamamoto). Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California, Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, Table Mountain Rancheria of California, Tejon Indian Tribe, Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. Alternate Names: Yaudanchi, Yaudanchi Yokuts, Yokutsan. Classification: Yokutsan.
Yuchi
[yuc] Oklahoma: Bristow and Hectorsville, east central among Creek people, near Sapulpa. Users: 16, all users. L1 users: 4 (2016 R. Grounds). L2 users: 12 (2016 R. Grounds). Ethnic population: 1,500 (Golla 2007). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Alternate Names: Euchee, Tsoyaha, Uchean, Uchi, Yuchee, Zoyaha. Classification: Language isolate.
Yuki
[yuk] California: Round Valley Reservation north. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Arthur Anderson, died around 1990 (Golla 2011). Ethnic population: 1,200 (2000 A. Yamamoto). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Round Valley Indian Tribes-Round Valley Reservation. Alternate Names: Northern Yukian. Classification: Yukian, Core Yukian.
Yupik, Central
[esu] Alaska: Delta area, Nunivak Island, Unalakleet to Bristol Bay coast to Unalakleet on Norton Sound; inland along Kuskokwim, Nushagak, and Yukon rivers; Chevak (Cup’ik dialect). Users: 10,000 (Dorais 2010). Ethnic population: 25,000 (Dorais 2010). Status: 6b (Threatened). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Akiachak Native Community, Akiak Native Community, Algaaciq Native Village (St. Mary’s), Asa’carsarmiut Tribe, Chevak Native Village, Chinik Eskimo Community (Golovin), Chuloonawick Native Village, Curyung Tribal Council, Egegik Village, Ekwok Village, Emmonak Village, Holy Cross Village, Igiugig Village, Iqurmuit Traditional Council, Kasigluk Traditional Elders Council, Kokhanok Village, Levelock Village, Manokotak Village, Naknek Native Village, Native Village of Aleknagik, Native Village of Chuathbaluk (Russian Mission; Kuskokwim), Native Village of Eek, Native Village of Ekuk, Native Village of Elim, Native Village of Georgetown, Native Village of Goodnews Bay, Native Village of Hamilton, Native Village of Hooper Bay, Native Village of Kipnuk, Native Village of Kongiganak, Native Village of Kwigillingok, Native Village of Kwinhagak (Quinhagak), Native Village of Marshall (Fortuna Ledge), Native Village of Mekoryuk, Native Village of Napaimute, Native Village of Napakiak, Native Village of Napaskiak, Native Village of Nightmute, Native Village of Nunam Iqua, Native Village of Nunapitchuk, Native Village of Paimiut, Native Village of Pitka’s Point, Native Village of Saint Michael, Native Village of Scammon Bay, Native Village of Tuntutuliak, Native Village of Tununak, New Koliganek Village Council, New Stuyahok Village, Newhalen Village, Newtok Village, Nunakauyarmiut Tribe, Organized Village of Kwethluk, Orutsararmuit Native Village (Bethel), Oscarville Traditional Village, Pilot Station Traditional Village, Platinum Traditional Village, Portage Creek Village (Ohgsenakale), South Naknek Village, Stebbins Community Association, Traditional Village of Togiak, Tuluksak Native Community, Twin Hills Village, Umkumiute Native Village, Village of Alakanuk, Village of Aniak, Village of Atmautluak, Village of Bill Moore’s Slough, Village of Chefornak, Village of Clarks Point, Village of Crooked Creek, Village of Iliamna, Village of Kalskag, Village of Kotlik, Village of Lower Kalskag, Village of Ohogamiut, Village of Red Devil, Village of Sleetmute, Village of Stony River, Yupiit of Andreafski. Alternate Names: Central Alaskan Yupik, Kuskokwim Eskimo, Yupik, Yupʼik. Autonym: Yugtun. Classification: Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Yupik, Alaskan Yupik.
Yupik, Pacific Gulf
[ems] Alaska: Prince William Sound area, Tatitlek, Chenega Bay, Cordova, a few in Valdez; Kenai peninsula southwest coast, Cook Inlet entrance, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Seldovia. Users: 200 (Dorais 2010). Ethnic population: 3,500 (Dorais 2010). Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Chignik Bay Tribal Council, Chignik Lake Village, Ivanoff Bay Village, Kaguyak Village, Native Village of Afognak, Native Village of Akhiok, Native Village of Chenega (Chanega), Native Village of Chignik Lagoon, Native Village of Eyak (Cordova), Native Village of Kanatak, Native Village of Karluk, Native Village of Larsen Bay, Native Village of Nanwalek (English Bay), Native Village of Ouzinkie, Native Village of Perryville, Native Village of Pilot Point, Native Village of Port Graham, Native Village of Port Heiden, Native Village of Port Lions, Native Village of Tatitlek, Ninilchik Village, Seldovia Village Tribe, Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak, Tangirnaq Native Village, Ugashik Village, Village of Old Harbor. Alternate Names: Aleut, Alutiiq, Chugach Eskimo, Koniag-Chugach, Pacific Yupik, South Alaska Eskimo, Sugcestun, Sugpiak Eskimo, Sugpiaq Eskimo, Suk. Autonym: Sugpiaq. Classification: Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Yupik, Alaskan Yupik.
Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island
[ess] Alaska: Gambell, Savoonga on Saint Lawrence Island. Users: 1,000 in United States (Dorais 2010). Ethnic population: 1,400 (Dorais 2010). Total users in all countries: 1,200. Status: 7 (Shifting). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Native Village of Gambell, Native Village of Savoonga. Alternate Names: Bering Strait Yupik, Central Siberian Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island Eskimo, Siberian Yupik, Sivuqaghmiistun, Yoit, Yuit, Yupik. Autonym: Yupigestun. Classification: Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Yupik.
Yurok
[yur] California: northwest. Users: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Archie Thompson, died in 2013 (2013 L. Romney). A few dozen semispeakers and passive speakers, middle-aged or older (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 4,000 (Golla 2007). Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Big Lagoon Rancheria, Blue Lake Rancheria, Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, Elk Valley Rancheria, Resighini Rancheria, Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation. Alternate Names: Chillula, Mita, Pekwan, Rikwa, Sugon, Weitspek, Weitspekan. Classification: Algic, Ritwan.
Zuni
[zun] New Mexico: south McKinley County Reservation, south of Gallup. Users: 9,620 (2015 census), increasing. Few, if any, monolinguals (2000). Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation. Alternate Names: Ashiwi, Shiwi, Zuñi. Autonym: Shiwi’ma. Classification: Language isolate.