November 19: number of speakers per indigenous language group
Navajo | 169,359 | Navajo Nation |
Ojibwe | 90,000 | United States |
Blackfoot | 34,394 | Montana, and Alberta, Canada |
Sioux | 25,000 | South Dakota |
Oʼodham | 23,313 | Tohon O’odham Nation and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community |
Western Apache | 14,012 | San Carlos Apache Nation and Fort Apache Indian Reservation |
Keresan | 13,073 | New Mexico |
Cherokee | 12,320 | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, N. Carolina and Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma |
Choctaw | 10,368 | Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma |
Zuni | 9,620 | New Mexico |
Hopi | 6,780 | Arizona |
Tewa | 5,123 | New Mexico |
Muscogee | 5,072 | Creek Nation, Oklahoma |
Crow | 3,862 | Montana |
Mohawk | 3,875 | New York and Ontario and Quebec, Canada |
Inupiat | 3,000 | Alaska and NWT, Canada |
Shoshoni | 2,512 | United States |
Fox (Mesquakie-Sauk-Kickapoo) | 2,288 | Sax and Fox Nation |
Arapaho | 1 087 | United States |
Comanche | 963 | United States |
Maricopa/Piipaash | 800 | Salt River Pina-Maricopa Indian Community, Arizona |
Yurok | 414 | California |
Alutiiq/Sugpiaq | 400 | Alaska |
Koyukon | 300 | Alaska |
Mikasuki | 290 | Georgia and Florida |
Quechan | 290 | Imperial County, California and Yuma County Arizona |
Yavapai | 245 | Arizona |
Mojave | 200 | Arizona |
Haida | 168 | Alaska and Haida Nation, Canada |
Deg Xinag | 127 | Alaska |
Upper Tanana | 100 | Alaska |
Ahtna | 80 | Alaska |
Tsimshian | 70 | Alaska |
Tanacross | 65 | Alaska |
Cayuga | 61 | Cattaraugus Reservation, New York, and Six Nations of Grand River First Nation, Ontario, Canada |
Denaʼina | 50 | Alaska |
Upper Kuskokwim | 40 | Alaska |
Tanana | 30 | Alaska |
Hän | 12 | Alaska |
Holikachuk | 12 | Alaska |
Tuscarora | 3 | Tuscarora Reservation, New York and Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, Ontario, Canada |
Eyak | 0 | Alaska (Extinct, but retains recognition) |
source: wikipedia
feature image: Colleen Fitzgerald, “7 things to know about native american languages,” Huff Post, 11.08.2014; updated 12.09.2017.
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