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Endangered Indigenous languages of the Americas

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Warao
language
Purépecha
language isolate or small language family spoken by a quarter million Purépecha in the highlands of the Mexican state of Michoacán
Nheengatu
language of South America
Baure
language
Achi
language
Keresan
language isolate of New Mexico, United States
Washo
indigenous language isolate spoken in the Western United States
Comanche
Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Comanche people in the United States
Yuchi
language of the Yuchi people living in the southeastern United States, including eastern Tennessee, western Carolinas, northern Georgia and Alabama, in the period of early European colonization
Waorani
language isolate spoken by the Huaorani people in the Amazon
Páez
language
Arapaho
language of the Algonquian family, spoken in the United States
Mura
language
Itza’
language
Yuracaré
indigenous language of Bolivia
Chinookan
language family
Kutenai
Indigenous language of Montana, Idaho, and British Columbia
Huilliche
language
Wintuan
language family
Huave
Language isolate native to the western Mexican state of Oaxaca
Tehuelche
language
Massachusett
Algonquian language spoken by indigenous communities in the United States
Chickasaw
Muskogean language from the southeastern US
Caddo
Native American language
Abenaki
Algonquian language
Cahuapanan
language family
Kiowa
Tanoan language
Cayuvava
language
Aikanã
definitely endangered language isolate spoken by about 200 Aikanã people in Rondônia, Brazil
Gros Ventre
language
Sac-Fox-Kickapoo
Algonquian language spoken in US Midwest and northern Mexico
Crow
language
Cofán
language of the Cofán people
Osage
language
Pomoan
Language family of California, US
Lushootseed
Lushootseed ( ), historically known as Puget Salish, Puget Sound Salish, or Skagit-Nisqually, is a Central Coast Salish language of the Salishan language family. Lushootseed is the general name for the dialect continuum composed of two main dialects, Northern Lushootseed and Southern Lushootseed, which are further separated into smaller sub-dialects.
Mocho’
Mayan language
Uru
language
Arikara
language
Iquito
language
Andoque
language
Assiniboine
language
Trumai
language
Winnebago
language
Tariana
language
Arabela
nearly extinct indigenous American language of the Zaparoan family
Tunica
language
Iñapari
Arawak (Arahuaco) language of origin
Achuar
Chicham language spoken in Peru and Ecuador
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
Algonquian language
Cavineña
language
Pawnee
language
Koasati
Native American language spoken in Louisiana
Kiliwa
languages
Hidatsa
North American language
Paraujano
language
Nez Perce
Sahaptian language spoken in the Northwestern United States
Wichita
Extinct Native American language
Arutani–Sape
proposed language family
Carijona
language