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There were more than 300 languages spoken in the U.S./Canada before the british invaded. Many are still spoken today, in small minorities.

Here is a partial list of 307 languages:

The United States:

1. Abnaki, Eastern

2. Achumawi

3. Ahtena

4. Alabama

5. Aleut

6. Alsea

7. Angloromani

8. Apache, Jicarilla

9. Apache, Kiowa

10. Apache, Lipan

11. Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua

12. Apache, Western

13. Arapaho

14. Arikara

15. Assiniboine

16. Atakapa

17. Atsugewi

18. Barbareño

19. Biloxi

20. Blackfoot

21. Caddo

22. Cahuilla

23. Carolina Algonquian

24. Carolinian

25. Catawba

26. Cayuga

27. Chamorro

28. Chehalis, Lower

29. Chehalis, Upper

30. Cherokee

31. Chetco

32. Cheyenne

33. Chickasaw

34. Chimariko

35. Chinook

36. Chinook Wawa

37. Chippewa

38. Chitimacha

39. Choctaw

40. Chumash

41. Clallam

42. Cocopa

43. Coeur d'Alene

44. Columbia-Wenatchi

45. Comanche

46. Coos

47. Coquille

48. Cowlitz

49. Cree, Plains

50. Crow

51. Cruzeño

52. Cupeño

53. Dakota

54. Degexit'an

55. Delaware

56. Esselen

57. Evenki

58. Eyak

59. Galice

60. Gros Ventre

61. Gwich'in

62. Haida, Northern

63. Halkomelem

64. Han

65. Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai

66. Hawaiian

67. Hidatsa

68. Ho-Chunk

69. Holikachuk

70. Hopi

71. Hupa

72. Ineseño

73. Inupiaq

74. Inupiatun, North Alaskan

75. Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska

76. Iowa-Oto

77. Jemez

78. Jingpho

79. Kalapuya

80. Kalispel-Pend D'oreille

81. Kansa

82. Karkin

83. Karok

84. Kashaya

85. Kato

86. Kawaiisu

87. Keres, Eastern

88. Keres, Western

89. Kickapoo

90. Kiowa

91. Kitsai

92. Klamath-Modoc

93. Koasati

94. Koyukon

95. Kumiai

96. Kuskokwim, Upper

97. Kutenai

98. Lakota

99. Luiseño

100. Lumbee

101. Lushootseed

102. Mahican

103. Maidu, Northeast

104. Maidu, Northwest

105. Maidu, Valley

106. Makah

107. Malecite-Passamaquoddy

108. Mandan

109. Maricopa

110. Mattole

111. Menominee

112. Meskwaki

113. Miami

114. Michif

115. Micmac

116. Mikasuki

117. Miwok, Bay

118. Miwok, Central Sierra

119. Miwok, Coast

120. Miwok, Lake

121. Miwok, Northern Sierra

122. Miwok, Plains

123. Miwok, Southern Sierra

124. Mohave

125. Mohawk

126. Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett

127. Mokilese

128. Molale

129. Mono

130. Muskogee

131. Nanticoke

132. Natchez

133. Navajo

134. Nawathinehena

135. Nez Perce

136. Nisenan

137. Nooksack

138. Nottoway

139. Obispeño

140. Ofo

141. Ohlone, Northern

142. Ohlone, Southern

143. Okanagan

144. Omaha-Ponca

145. Oneida

146. Onondaga

147. Osage

148. Ottawa

149. Paiute, Northern

150. Pangasinan

151. Pawnee

152. Piro

153. Piscataway

154. Plains Indian Sign Language

155. Pomo, Central

156. Pomo, Eastern

157. Pomo, Northeastern

158. Pomo, Northern

159. Pomo, Southeastern

160. Pomo, Southern

161. Potawatomi

162. Powhatan

163. Purepecha

164. Purisimeño

165. Quapaw

166. Quechan

167. Quileute

168. Quinault

169. Salinan

170. Salish, Southern Puget Sound

171. Salish, Straits

172. Seneca

173. Serrano

174. Shasta

175. Shawnee

176. Shoshoni

177. Siuslaw

178. Skagit

179. Snohomish

180. Spokane

181. Takelma

182. Tanacross

183. Tanaina

184. Tanana, Lower

185. Tanana, Upper

186. Tenino

187. Tewa

188. Tillamook

189. Timbisha

190. Tiwa, Northern

191. Tiwa, Southern

192. Tlingit

193. Tohono O'odham

194. Tolowa

195. Tonkawa

196. Tsimshian

197. Tübatulabal

198. Tunica

199. Tuscarora

200. Tutelo

201. Tututni

202. Twana

203. Umatilla

204. Unami

205. Ute-Southern Paiute

206. Ventureño

207. Wailaki

208. Walla Walla

209. Wampanoag

210. Wappo

211. Wasco-Wishram

212. Washo

213. Wichita

214. Wintu

215. Wiyot

216. Wyandot

217. Yakima

218. Yaqui

219. Yiddish, Eastern

220. Yokuts

221. Yuchi

222. Yuki

223. Yupik, Central

224. Yupik, Central Siberian

225. Yupik, Pacific Gulf

226. Yurok

227. Zuni

Canada:

1. Abnaki, Western

2. Algonquin

3. Assiniboine

4. Atikamekw

5. Babine

6. Beaver

7. Bella Coola

8. Blackfoot

9. Carrier

10. Carrier, Southern

11. Cayuga

12. Chilcotin

13. Chinese, Hakka

14. Chinook Wawa

15. Comox

16. Cree

17. Cree, Moose

18. Cree, Northern East

19. Cree, Plains

20. Cree, Southern East

21. Cree, Swampy

22. Cree, Woods

23. Dakota

24. Dene

25. Dogrib

26. Gitxsan

27. Gwich'in

28. Haida

29. Haida, Northern

30. Haida, Southern

31. Haisla

32. Halkomelem

33. Han

34. Heiltsuk

35. Inuktitut

36. Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian

37. Inuktitut, North Alaskan

38. Inuktitut, Western Canadian

39. Kaska

40. Kutenai

41. Kwakiutl

42. Lakota

43. Lillooet

44. Malecite-Passamaquoddy

45. Michif

46. Micmac

47. Mohawk

48. Montagnais

49. Munsee

50. Naskapi

51. Nisga'a

52. Nootka

53. Ojibwa

54. Ojibwa, Central

55. Ojibwa, Eastern

56. Ojibwa, Northwestern

57. Ojibwa, Severn

58. Ojibwa, Western

59. Okanagan

60. Oneida

61. Onondaga

62. Ottawa

63. Potawatomi

64. Salish, Straits

65. Sarsi

66. Sechelt

67. Sekani

68. Seneca

69. Shuswap

70. Squamish

71. Stoney

72. Tagish

73. Tahltan

74. Tanana, Upper

75. Thompson

76. Tlingit

77. Tsimshian

78. Tuscarora

79. Tutchone, Northern

80. Tutchone, Southern

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