What were the native languages of north and south America?

Answer 1

Here is a list of about 750 of the most common Native American languages. Most are still spoken today, to varying degrees:

Abnaki, Eastern

Achumawi

Acroá

Agavotaguerra

Ahtena

Aikanã

Alabama

Aleut

Alsea

Amahuaca

Amanayé

Amundava

Amuzgo, Guerrero

Amuzgo, Ipalapa

Amuzgo, San Pedro Amuzgos

Anambé

Angloromani

Apache, Jicarilla

Apache, Kiowa

Apache, Lipan

Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua

Apache, Western

Apalaí

Apiaká

Apinayé

Apurinã

Arapaho

Arapaso

Arára, Mato Grosso

Arára, Pará

Araweté

Arikapú

Arikara

Arikem

Aruá

Arutani

Ashéninka, Ucayali-Yurúa

Assiniboine

Asurini of Xingu

Asurini, Tocantins

Atakapa

Atorada

Atsugewi

Aurá

Avá-Canoeiro

Awetí

Bakairí

Baniwa

Barbareño

Biloxi

Blackfoot

Borôro

Caddo

Cahuilla

Caló

Canela

Carib

Carolina Algonquian

Carolinian

Cashinahua

Catawba

Cayuga

Chamorro

Chatino, Eastern Highland

Chatino, Nopala

Chatino, Tataltepec

Chatino, Western Highland

Chatino, Zacatepec

Chatino, Zenzontepec

Chehalis, Lower

Chehalis, Upper

Cherokee

Chetco

Cheyenne

Chiapanec

Chichimeca-Jonaz

Chickasaw

Chicomuceltec

Chimariko

Chinantec, Chiltepec

Chinantec, Comaltepec

Chinantec, Lalana

Chinantec, Lealao

Chinantec, Ojitlán

Chinantec, Ozumacín

Chinantec, Palantla

Chinantec, Quiotepec

Chinantec, Sochiapam

Chinantec, Tepetotutla

Chinantec, Tepinapa

Chinantec, Tlacoatzintepec

Chinantec, Usila

Chinantec, Valle Nacional

Chinook

Chinook Wawa

Chippewa

Chiripá

Chitimacha

Chocholtec

Choctaw

Chol, Tila

Chol, Tumbalá

Chontal, Highland Oaxaca

Chontal, Lowland Oaxaca

Chontal, Tabasco

Chuj, Ixtatán

Chumash

Cinta Larga

Clallam

Cocama-Cocamilla

Cochimi

Cocopa

Cocopa

Coeur d'Alene

Columbia-Wenatchi

Comanche

Coos

Coquille

Cora, El Nayar

Cora, Santa Teresa

Cowlitz

Cree, Plains

Croatian

Crow

Cruzeño

Cubeo

Cuicatec, Tepeuxila

Cuicatec, Teutila

Cupeño

Curripaco

Dakota

Dâw

Degexit'an

Delaware

Delaware, Pidgin

Dení

Desano

Enawené-Nawé

English

Esselen

Evenki

Eyak

Gavião do Jiparaná

Gavião, Pará

Gros Ventre

Guajá

Guajajára

Guana

Guanano

Guaraní, Mbyá

Guarequena

Guató

Gwich'in

Haida, Northern

Halkomelem

Han

Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai

Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language

Hawaiian

Hidatsa

Himarimã

Hixkaryána

Ho-Chunk

Holikachuk

Hopi

Huarijío

Huastec, San Luís Potosí

Huastec, Southeastern

Huastec, Veracruz

Huave, San Dionisio del Mar

Huave, San Francisco del Mar

Huave, San Mateo del Mar

Huave, Santa María del Mar

Huichol

Hunsrik

Hupa

Hupdë

Iapama

Iatê

Ikpeng

Ineseño

Ingarikó

Inupiaq

Inupiatun, North Alaskan

Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska

Iowa-Oto

Irántxe

Ixcatec

Jabutí

Jacaltec, Western

Jamamadí

Javanese

Jemez

Jingpho

Júma

Jurúna

Kaapor

Kaapor Sign Language

Kabixí

Kadiwéu

Kaimbé

Kaingang

Kaingáng, São Paulo

Kaiwá

Kalapuya

Kalispel-Pend D'oreille

Kamakan

Kamayurá

Kamba

Kambiwá

Kanamarí

Kanjobal, Western

Kanoé

Kansa

Kapinawá

Karahawyana

Karajá

Karapanã

Karipuna

Karipúna

Karirí-Xocó

Karitiâna

Karkin

Karo

Karok

Kashaya

Katawixi

Kato

Katukína

Katukína, Panoan

Kawaiisu

Kaxararí

Kaxuiâna

Kayabí

Kayapó

Kepkiriwát

Keres, Eastern

Keres, Western

Kickapoo

Kiliwa

Kiowa

Kitsai

Klamath-Modoc

Koasati

Korubo

Koyukon

Krahô

Krenak

Kreye

Krinkati-Timbira

Kuikúro-Kalapálo

Kulina

Kulina Pano

Kumiai

Kumiai

Kuruáya

Kuskokwim, Upper

Kutenai

Kwaza

Lacandon

Lakondê

Lakota

Latundê

Luiseño

Lumbee

Lushootseed

Machinere

Macuna

Macushi

Mahican

Maidu, Northeast

Maidu, Northwest

Maidu, Valley

Makah

Makuráp

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Mam, Northern

Mam, Todos Santos

Mamaindé

Mandahuaca

Mandan

Mapidian

Maquiritari

Maricopa

Maritsauá

Marúbo

Matipuhy

Matís

Matlatzinca, Atzingo

Matlatzinca, San Francisco

Matsés

Mattole

Maxakalí

Maya, Chan Santa Cruz

Maya, Yucatán

Mayo

Mazahua, Central

Mazahua, Michoacán

Mazatec, Ayautla

Mazatec, Chiquihuitlán

Mazatec, Huautla

Mazatec, Ixcatlán

Mazatec, Jalapa de Díaz

Mazatec, Mazatlán

Mazatec, San Jerónimo Tecóatl

Mazatec, Soyaltepec

Me'phaa, Acatepec

Me'phaa, Azoyú

Me'phaa, Malinaltepec

Me'phaa, Tlacoapa

Mehináku

Menominee

Meskwaki

Miami

Michif

Micmac

Mikasuki

Miraña

Miriti

Miwok, Bay

Miwok, Central Sierra

Miwok, Coast

Miwok, Lake

Miwok, Northern Sierra

Miwok, Plains

Miwok, Southern Sierra

Mixe, Coatlán

Mixe, Isthmus

Mixe, Juquila

Mixe, Mazatlán

Mixe, North Central

Mixe, Quetzaltepec

Mixe, Tlahuitoltepec

Mixe, Totontepec

Mixtec, Alacatlatzala

Mixtec, Alcozauca

Mixtec, Amoltepec

Mixtec, Apasco-Apoala

Mixtec, Atatláhuca

Mixtec, Ayutla

Mixtec, Cacaloxtepec

Mixtec, Chayuco

Mixtec, Chazumba

Mixtec, Chigmecatitlán

Mixtec, Coatzospan

Mixtec, Cuyamecalco

Mixtec, Diuxi-Tilantongo

Mixtec, Huitepec

Mixtec, Itundujia

Mixtec, Ixtayutla

Mixtec, Jamiltepec

Mixtec, Juxtlahuaca

Mixtec, Magdalena Peñasco

Mixtec, Metlatónoc

Mixtec, Mitlatongo

Mixtec, Mixtepec

Mixtec, Northern Tlaxiaco

Mixtec, Northwest Oaxaca

Mixtec, Ocotepec

Mixtec, Peñoles

Mixtec, Pinotepa Nacional

Mixtec, San Juan Colorado

Mixtec, San Juan Teita

Mixtec, San Miguel el Grande

Mixtec, San Miguel Piedras

Mixtec, Santa Lucía Monteverde

Mixtec, Santa María Zacatepec

Mixtec, Silacayoapan

Mixtec, Sindihui

Mixtec, Sinicahua

Mixtec, Southeastern Nochixtlán

Mixtec, Southern Puebla

Mixtec, Southwestern Tlaxiaco

Mixtec, Soyaltepec

Mixtec, Tacahua

Mixtec, Tamazola

Mixtec, Tezoatlán

Mixtec, Tidaá

Mixtec, Tijaltepec

Mixtec, Tlazoyaltepec

Mixtec, Tututepec

Mixtec, Western Juxtlahuaca

Mixtec, Yoloxóchitl

Mixtec, Yosondúa

Mixtec, Yucuañe

Mixtec, Yutanduchi

Mocho

Mohave

Mohawk

Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett

Mokilese

Molale

Mondé

Mono

Morerebi

Mundurukú

Muskogee

Nadëb

Nahuatl, Central

Nahuatl, Central Huasteca

Nahuatl, Central Puebla

Nahuatl, Classical

Nahuatl, Coatepec

Nahuatl, Durango

Nahuatl, Eastern Huasteca

Nahuatl, Guerrero

Nahuatl, Highland Puebla

Nahuatl, Huaxcaleca

Nahuatl, Isthmus-Cosoleacaque

Nahuatl, Isthmus-Mecayapan

Nahuatl, Isthmus-Pajapan

Nahuatl, Michoacán

Nahuatl, Morelos

Nahuatl, Northern Oaxaca

Nahuatl, Northern Puebla

Nahuatl, Ometepec

Nahuatl, Orizaba

Nahuatl, Santa María la Alta

Nahuatl, Sierra Negra

Nahuatl, Southeastern Puebla

Nahuatl, Tabasco

Nahuatl, Temascaltepec

Nahuatl, Tetelcingo

Nahuatl, Tlamacazapa

Nahuatl, Western Huasteca

Nahuatl, Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla

Nambikuára, Southern

Nanticoke

Natchez

Navajo

Nawathinehena

Nez Perce

Nhengatu

Ninam

Nisenan

Nooksack

Nottoway

Nukuini

Obispeño

Ofayé

Ofo

Ohlone, Northern

Ohlone, Southern

Okanagan

Omagua

Omaha-Ponca

Oneida

Onondaga

Opata

Oro Win

Osage

Oti

Otomi, Eastern Highland

Otomi, Estado de México

Otomi, Ixtenco

Otomi, Mezquital

Otomi, Querétaro

Otomi, Temoaya

Otomi, Tenango

Otomi, Texcatepec

Otomi, Tilapa

Ottawa

Otuke

Paipai

Paiute, Northern

Pakaásnovos

Palikúr

Pame, Central

Pame, Northern

Pame, Southern

Panará

Pangasinan

Pankararé

Pankararú

Papavô

Parakanã

Paranawát

Parecís

Pataxó Hã-Ha-Hãe

Paumarí

Pawnee

Pemon

Pima Bajo

Pirahã

Piratapuyo

Piro

Piscataway

Plains Indian Sign Language

Pokangá

Pomo, Central

Pomo, Eastern

Pomo, Northeastern

Pomo, Northern

Pomo, Southeastern

Pomo, Southern

Popoloca, Coyotepec

Popoloca, Mezontla

Popoloca, San Felipe Otlaltepec

Popoloca, San Juan Atzingo

Popoloca, San Luís Temalacayuca

Popoloca, San Marcos Tlalcoyalco

Popoloca, Santa Inés Ahuatempan

Popoluca, Highland

Popoluca, Oluta

Popoluca, Sayula

Popoluca, Texistepec

Potawatomi

Potiguára

Powhatan

Poyanáwa

Purepecha

Purepecha

Purepecha, Western Highland

Puri

Purisimeño

Puruborá

Quapaw

Quechan

Quileute

Quinault

Rikbaktsa

Sabanês

Sakirabiá

Salinan

Salish, Southern Puget Sound

Salish, Straits

Salumá

Sanumá

Sateré-Mawé

Seneca

Seri

Serrano

Sharanahua

Shasta

Shawnee

Shenenawa

Shoshoni

Sikiana

Siriano

Siuslaw

Skagit

Snohomish

Spokane

Suruahá

Suruí

Suruí do Pará

Suyá

Tacanec

Takelma

Talian

Tanacross

Tanaina

Tanana, Lower

Tanana, Upper

Tapeba

Tapirapé

Tarahumara, Central

Tarahumara, Northern

Tarahumara, Southeastern

Tarahumara, Southwestern

Tarahumara, Western

Tariana

Tawandê

Tectitec

Tembé

Tenharim

Tenino

Tepecano

Tepehua, Huehuetla

Tepehua, Pisaflores

Tepehua, Tlachichilco

Tepehuan, Northern

Tepehuan, Southeastern

Tepehuan, Southwestern

Terêna

Tewa

Ticuna

Tillamook

Timbisha

Tingui-Boto

Tiwa, Northern

Tiwa, Southern

Tlingit

Tohono O'odham

Tojolabal

Tolowa

Tonkawa

Torá

Totonac, Coyutla

Totonac, Filomena Mata-Coahuitlán

Totonac, Highland

Totonac, Ozumatlán

Totonac, Papantla

Totonac, Tecpatlán

Totonac, Upper Necaxa

Totonac, Xicotepec de Juárez

Totonac, Yecuatla

Tremembé

Trió

Triqui, Chicahuaxtla

Triqui, Copala

Triqui, San Martín Itunyoso

Truká

Trumai

Tsimshian

Tubar

Tübatulabal

Tucano

Tukumanféd

Tunica

Tuparí

Tupí

Tupinambá

Tupinikin

Turiwára

Tuscarora

Tutelo

Tututni

Tuxá

Tuxináwa

Tuyuca

Twana

Tzeltal, Bachajón

Tzeltal, Oxchuc

Tzotzil, Chamula

Tzotzil, Chenalhó

Tzotzil, Huixtán

Tzotzil, San Andrés Larrainzar

Tzotzil, Venustiano Carranza

Tzotzil, Zinacantán

Uamué

Umatilla

Umotína

Unami

Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

Urumi

Uru-Pa-In

Ute-Southern Paiute

Ventureño

Wailaki

Waimaha

Waimiri-Atroarí

Waiwai

Wajiara

Wakoná

Walla Walla

Wampanoag

Wapishana

Wappo

Wasco-Wishram

Washo

Wasu

Waurá

Wayampi

Wayana

Wayoró

Wichita

Wintu

Wiraféd

Wiyot

Wyandot

Xakriabá

Xavánte

Xerénte

Xetá

Xipaya

Xipináwa

Xiriâna

Xokleng

Xukurú

Yabaâna

Yakima

Yalakalore

Yaminahua

Yanomámi

Yanomamö

Yaqui

Yaqui

Yawalapití

Yawanawa

Yokuts

Yucatec Maya Sign Language

Yuchi

Yuhup

Yuki

Yupik, Central

Yupik, Central Siberian

Yupik, Pacific Gulf

Yurok

Zapotec

Zapotec, Aloápam

Zapotec, Amatlán

Zapotec, Asunción Mixtepec

Zapotec, Ayoquesco

Zapotec, Cajonos

Zapotec, Chichicapan

Zapotec, Choapan

Zapotec, Coatecas Altas

Zapotec, Coatlán

Zapotec, El Alto

Zapotec, Elotepec

Zapotec, Guevea de Humboldt

Zapotec, Güilá

Zapotec, Isthmus

Zapotec, Lachiguiri

Zapotec, Lachixío

Zapotec, Lapaguía-Guivini

Zapotec, Loxicha

Zapotec, Mazaltepec

Zapotec, Miahuatlán

Zapotec, Mitla

Zapotec, Mixtepec

Zapotec, Ocotlán

Zapotec, Ozolotepec

Zapotec, Petapa

Zapotec, Quiavicuzas

Zapotec, Quioquitani-Quierí

Zapotec, Rincón

Zapotec, San Agustín Mixtepec

Zapotec, San Baltazar Loxicha

Zapotec, San Juan Guelavía

Zapotec, San Pedro Quiatoni

Zapotec, San Vicente Coatlán

Zapotec, Santa Catarina Albarradas

Zapotec, Santa Inés Yatzechi

Zapotec, Santa María Quiegolani

Zapotec, Santiago Xanica

Zapotec, Santo Domingo Albarradas

Zapotec, Sierra de Juárez

Zapotec, Southeastern Ixtlán

Zapotec, Southern Rincon

Zapotec, Tabaa

Zapotec, Tejalapan

Zapotec, Texmelucan

Zapotec, Tilquiapan

Zapotec, Tlacolulita

Zapotec, Totomachapan

Zapotec, Xadani

Zapotec, Xanaguía

Zapotec, Yalálag

Zapotec, Yareni

Zapotec, Yatee

Zapotec, Yatzachi

Zapotec, Yautepec

Zapotec, Zaachila

Zapotec, Zaniza

Zapotec, Zoogocho

Zo'é

Zoque, Chimalapa

Zoque, Copainalá

Zoque, Francisco León

Zoque, Rayón

Zoque, Tabasco

Zuni