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Oct 10, 2008
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American Indian Languages Spoken at Home by American Indian Persons 5 Years and Over in Households: 1990

 Number of
households
All American Indian languages281,990
Algonquian languages12,887
Athapascan Eyak languages157,694
Caddoan languages354
Central and South American
 Indian languages
431
Haida110
Hokan languages2,430
Iroquoian languages12,046
Keres8,346
Muskogean languages13,772
Penutian languages8,190
Siouan languages19,693
Tanoan languages8,255
Tlingit1,088
Tonkawa3
Uto-Aztecan languages23,493
Wakashan and Salish languages1,105
Yuchi65
Unspecified American Indian languages12,038
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. The American Indian languages shown above are the major languages. NOTE: Data are estimates based on a sample.

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