Major Native North American Languages
(The top headings are the language stock with specific languages following, like Latin is to French, Spanish, Italian, etc. Attempting to communicate with a speaker of another language (but of the same stock) is difficult, but some meaning can be conveyed. From one stock to another, there is no common basis.)
Algonquian-Wakashan Languages
Languages |
Indian Tribes |
Algonquian |
Algonquin, Arapaho, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cree, Illinois, Kickapoo, Mahican, Miami, Micmac, Mohegan, Narragansett, Nootka, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Penobscot, Pequot, Sac and Fox, Shawnee, Yurok |
Aztec-Tanoan Languages
| Shoshonean | Comanche, Hopi, Paiute, Shoshone, Ute |
| Tanoan | Jemez, Kiowa, Taos, Tiwa, Zuni |
Hokan-Siouan Languages
| Caddoan | Arikara, Caddo, Pawnee, Wichita |
| Iroquoian | Cayuga, Cherokee, Mohawk, Onedia, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora, Wyandot (Huron) |
| Muskogean | Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole |
| Siouan | Assiniboin, Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Omaha, Osage, Sioux, Winnebago |
Nadene Languages
| Athabascan | Apache, Carrier, Chasta-Costa, Chipewayan, Hoopa, Kutchin, Navaho, Sarsi |
Penutian Languages
| Sahaptin-Chinook | Cayuse, Chinook, Modoc, Nez Perce, Sahaptin |
Undetermined Stock Affiliation
| Salishan | Lillooet, Shusswap, Coville, Flathead, Spokane, Couer d'Alene, Wenatchee, Tillamook, Twana, Upper Chehalis, Cowlitz, Lower Chehalis, Nisqually, Lumni, Halkomelem, Squamish, Comox, Bella Coola |