Languages of North America

Chitimacha (/ˌtʃɪtᵻməˈʃɑː/ CHIT-i-mə-SHAH or /tʃɪtᵻˈmɑːʃə/, chit-i-MAH-shə) is a language isolate historically spoken by the Chitimacha people of Louisiana, United States.

Solano is an unclassified extinct language formerly spoken in northeast Mexico and perhaps also in the neighboring U.

The Cayuse language (Cailloux, Willetpoos) is an extinct unclassified language formerly spoken by the Cayuse Native American tribe in the U.

Takelma /təˈkɛlmə/ was the language spoken by the Latgawa and Takelma people and Cow Creek band of Upper Umpqua.

Keresan /kəˈriːsən/, also Keres /ˈkɛərᵻs/, is a dialect cluster spoken by the Keres Pueblo people in New Mexico.

The Tunica (or Tonica, or less common form Yuron) language is a language isolate that was spoken in the Central and Lower Mississippi Valley in the United States by Native American Tunica peoples.

Wichita is an extinct Caddoan language once spoken in Oklahoma by the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.

Yana (also Yanan) is an extinct language formerly spoken by the Yana people, who lived in north-central California between the Feather and Pit rivers in what is now the Shasta and Tehama counties.

Yuchi (Euchee) is the language of the Yuchi people living in Oklahoma.

Atakapa is an extinct language isolate native to southwestern Louisiana and nearby coastal eastern Texas.

Chimariko is an extinct language isolate formerly spoken in northern Trinity County, California, by the inhabitants of several independent communities.

Esselen was the language of the tiny Esselen (or self-designated Huelel) Nation, which aboriginally occupied the mountainous Central Coast of California, immediately south of Monterey (Shaul 1995).

Salinan was the indigenous language of the Salinan people of the central coast of California.

The Tarahumara language (native name Rarámuri/Ralámuli ra'ícha "people language") is a Mexican indigenous language of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken by around 70,000 Tarahumara (Rarámuri/Ralámuli) people in the state of Chihuahua, according to an estimate by the government of Mexico.

Huave (also spelled Wabe) is a language isolate spoken by the indigenous Huave people on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

Zuni /ˈzuːni/ (also formerly Zuñi) is a language of the Zuni people, indigenous to western New Mexico and eastern Arizona in the United States.

Tsimshian, known by its speakers as Sm'álgyax, is a dialect of the Tsimshian language spoken in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska.

Karankawa (also Karankawan, Comanches, Cocos, and called in their language Auia) are a tribe of Native Americans, now a restored nation, who played a pivotal part in early Texas history.