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418 language s found in USA

Language Name Dialect & Alternate Names Language Code  
* Achumawi Achumawi ; Pitt River ; Achomawi acv comment
Adai      xad comment
Adyghe Adyghe ady comment
Afro-Seminole Creole Seminole ; Afro-Seminole ; Texas ; Mexico ; Afro-Seminole Creole ; Black Seminole afs comment
* Ahtena Mednovskiy ; Copper River ; Ahtena ; Atna ; Ahtna aht comment
Alabama Alabama ; Alibamu akz comment
Albanian, Gheg Albanian, Gheg aln comment
Albanian, Tosk Albanian, Tosk als comment
Aleut Atkan ; Pribilof Aleut ; Atka ; Attuan ; Western Aleut ; Unangan ; Unalaskan ; Unangany ; Aleut ; Eastern Aleut ale comment
Alsea Alsea ; Yakwina ; Yakona ; Yakon ; Yaquina ; Alséya aes comment
Amerax Amerax aex comment
American Sign Language Tactile Sign Language ; Black American Sign Language ; ASL ; Ameslan ; American Sign Language ase comment
Abnaki, Eastern Abnaki, Eastern ; Penobscot ; Abenaki aaq comment
Angloromani English Romani ; Romani English ; Romanis ; Angloromani ; Romanichal rme comment
Apache, Jicarilla Apache, Jicarilla apj comment
* Apache, Kiowa Apache, Kiowa apk comment
* Apache, Lipan Apache, Lipan apl comment
Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua Mescalero ; Chiricahua ; Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua apm comment
Apache, Western Cibecue ; White Mountain ; Coyotero ; Apache, Western ; Tonto ; San Carlos apw comment
Apalachee      xap comment
Arabic, Judeo-Tunisian Arabic, Judeo-Tunisian ajt comment
Arabic, Najdi Spoken Arabic, Najdi Spoken ars comment
Aranama-Tamique      xrt comment
Arapaho Arrapahoe ; Arapaho arp comment
Arikara Arikaree ; Arikari ; Ree ; Arikaris ; Ris ; Arikara ari comment
Armenian Armenian hye comment
Assiniboine Hohe ; Assiniboine ; Assiniboin asb comment
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii comment
Atakapa Atakapa aqp comment
* Atsugewi Atsugewi atw comment
Azerbaijani, South Azerbaijani, South azb comment
Bahamas Creole English Bahamas Creole English bah comment
Bahnar Bahnar bdq comment
Barbareño Barbareño boi comment
Basque Basque eus comment
Belarusan Belarusan bel comment
Belize Kriol English Belize Kriol English bzj comment
Bengali Bengali ben comment
Biloxi Biloxi bll comment
Blackfoot Blackfeet ; Piegan ; Peigan ; Blackfoot ; Pikanii bla comment
Brao Brao brb comment
Breton Breton bre comment
Bru, Western Bru, Western brv comment
Bukharic Bukharic bhh comment
Bulgarian Bulgarian bul comment
Burmese Burmese mya comment
* Caddo Caddo ; Kadohadacho ; Kado ; Caddoe cad comment
* Cahuilla Cahuilla chl comment
Carolina Algonquian Carolina Algonquian crr comment
Catalan-Valencian-Balear Catalan-Valencian-Balear cat comment
Catawba Catawba chc comment
Cayuga Cayuga cay comment
Cayuse      xcy comment
Cebuano Cebuano ceb comment
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic Chaldean Neo-Aramaic cld comment
Cham, Eastern Cham, Eastern cjm comment
Cham, Western Cham, Western cja comment
* Chehalis, Lower Chehalis, Lower cea comment
* Chehalis, Upper Kwaiailk ; Chehalis ; Chehalis, Upper cjh comment
Chemakum      xch comment
Cherokee Tsalagi ; Eastern Cherokee ; Elati ; Lower Cherokee ; Overhill Cherokee ; Overhill-Middle Cherokee ; Otali ; Tslagi ; Cherokee ; Middle Cherokee ; Upper Cherokee ; Western Cherokee ; Kituhwa chr comment
* Chetco Chetco ctc comment
Cheyenne Cheyenne chy comment
Chickasaw Chickasaw cic comment
Chimakum Chemakum ; Chimakum cmk comment
Chimariko Chimariko cid comment
Chinese, Hakka Chinese, Hakka hak comment
Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin cmn comment
Chinese, Min Nan Chinese, Min Nan nan comment
Chinese, Yue Chinese, Yue yue comment
* Chinook Wawa Chinook Wawa ; Tsinuk Wawa ; Chinook Pidgin ; Chinook Jargon chn comment
* Chinook Tlatsop ; Kiksht ; Clackama ; Chinook ; Lower Chinook ; Klatsop chh comment
Chippewa Chippewa ; Ojibwe ; Ojibway ; Upper Michian-Wisconsin Chippewa ; Central Minnesota Chippewa ; Minnesota Border Chippewa ; Red Lake Chippewa ; Southwestern Ojibwa ciw comment
Chitimacha Chitimacha ctm comment
Choctaw Choctaw cho comment
Chru Chru cje comment
Chumash Chumash chs comment
* Clallam Clallam ; Na'klallam ; Klallam ; S'klallam clm comment
Coahuilteco      xcw comment
Cocopa Kikima ; Delta River Yuman ; Cocopa ; Cucapá ; Kwikapa ; Cocopah coc comment
* Coeur d'Alene Coeur d'Alene crd comment
Columbia-Wenatchi Entiat ; Sinkiuse ; Columbia ; Wenatchi ; Columbian ; Chelan ; Wenatchee ; Columbia-Wenatchi ; Wenatchi-Columbia col comment
Comanche Comanche com comment
Comecrudo      xcm comment
* Coos Coos ; Hanis csz comment
Coquille Coquille ; Upper Coquille ; Mishikhwutmetunee coq comment
Cora, El Nayar Cora, El Nayar crn comment
Corsican Corsican cos comment
Cotoname      xcn comment
* Cowlitz Lower Cowlitz ; Cowlitz cow comment
Cree, Plains Cree, Plains ; Western Cree crk comment
Crimean Turkish Crimean Turkish crh comment
Crioulo, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Upper Guinea pov comment
Crow Crow ; Apsaalooke cro comment
Cruzeño Isleño ; Cruzeño ; Island Chumash crz comment
* Cupeño Cupeño ; Che'mamalki cup comment
Czech Czech ces comment
Dakota Santee-Sisseton ; Nakoda ; Yankton-Yanktonais ; Yankton ; Dakhota ; Sioux ; Dakota ; Dakota ; Nakota ; Santee dak comment
Danish Danish dan comment
Degexit'an Deg Xinag ; Degexit'an ; Ingalit ; Deg Xit'an ; Ingalik ing comment
Delaware, Pidgin Delaware, Pidgin dep comment
English Black English ; English eng comment
Esselen Esselen esq comment
Estonian Estonian est comment
Etchemin      etc comment
* Eyak Eyak eya comment
Farsi, Western Farsi, Western pes comment
Finnish Finnish fin comment
French, Cajun Cadien ; Acadian ; Prairie French ; Big Woods French ; Cajan ; Cajun ; Marsh French ; Français Acadien ; French, Cajun frc comment
French Acadian ; Québécois ; French ; Acadien fra comment
Frisian, Eastern Frisian, Eastern frs comment
Gaelic, Irish Gaelic, Irish gle comment
Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish gla comment
Galice Galice gce comment
Gabrielino-Fernandeño      xgf comment
Garifuna Garifuna cab comment
Garza      xgr comment
Georgian Georgian kat comment
German, Hutterite Tirolean ; Hutterian German ; German, Hutterite ; Tyrolese geh comment
German, Pennsylvania Non-Plain Pennsylvania German ; Pennsylvanish ; Amish Pennsylvania German ; Non-Amish Pennsylvania German ; Pensylvanisch Deitsch ; Plain Pennsylvania German ; German, Pennsylvania ; Pennsylvania Deitsh ; Pennsylvania Dutch pdc comment
German, Standard German, Standard deu comment
Giáy Giáy pcc comment
Greek Greek ell comment
* Gros Ventre White Clay People ; Ahe ; Fall Indians ; Atsina ; Gros Ventre ; Ahahnelin ; Gros Ventres ; Ananin ats comment
Gujarati Gujarati guj comment
Guyanese Creole English Guyanese Creole English gyn comment
Gwich'in Arctic Village Gwich'in ; Western Canada Gwich'in ; Gwich'in ; Arctic Red River ; Loucheux ; Kutchin ; Tukudh ; Fort Yukon Gwich'in ; Takudh gwi comment
* Haida, Northern Haida, Northern ; Masset hdn comment
Haitian Creole French Haitian Creole French hat comment
Halkomelem Nanaimo ; Halkomelem ; Chiliwack ; Holkomelem ; Cowichan ; Musqueam hur comment
* Han Moosehide ; Dawson ; Han-Kutchin ; Han haa comment
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai Yavapai ; Walapai ; Havasupai ; Upland Yuman ; Upper Colorado River Yuman ; Hualpai ; Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai ; Hwalbáy yuf comment
Hawai'i Creole English Pidgin ; Hawai'i Pidgin ; Hawai'i Creole English ; HCE hwc comment
Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language ; Pidgin Sign Language hps comment
Hawaiian 'Olelo Hawai'i ; 'Olelo Hawai'i Makuahine ; Hawaiian haw comment
Hebrew Hebrew heb comment
Hidatsa Hinatsa ; Hiraca ; Minitari ; Hidatsa hid comment
Hiligaynon Hiligaynon hil comment
Hindi Hindi hin comment
Hindustani, Fijian Hindustani, Fijian hif comment
Hmong Daw Hmong Daw mww comment
Hmong Njua Hmong Njua blu comment
Ho-Chunk Hocák ; Ho-Chunk ; Hochank ; Nebraska ; Wisconsin ; Hocak Wazijaci ; Hocank ; Winnebago win comment
* Holikachuk Holikachuk hoi comment
Hopi Hopi hop comment
Hulaulá Hulaulá huy comment
Hungarian Hungarian hun comment
* Hupa Hupa ; Whilkut ; Hoopa hup comment
Icelandic Icelandic isl comment
Ilocano Ilocano ilo comment
Indonesian Indonesian ind comment
Ineseño Ineseño inz comment
Inupiatun, North Alaskan Anaktuvik Pass Inupiatun ; West Arctic Inupiatun ; North Slope Inupiatun ; Point Barrow Inupiatun ; North Alaskan Inupiat ; Eskimo ; Inupiat ; Inupiatun, North Alaskan ; Point Hope Inupiatun esi comment
Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska Northern Malimiut Inupiatun ; Inupiatun ; Eskimo ; Seward Peninsula Inupiatun ; Coastal Inupiatun ; Kobuk River Inupiatun ; Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska ; Northwest Alaska Inupiat ; Bering Strait Inupiatun ; Kotzebue Sound Inupiatun ; King Island Inupiatun ; Southern Malimiut Inupiatun esk comment
Iowa-Oto Nyut'chi ; Oto ; Jiwere ; Chiwere ; Baxoje ; Niutaji ; Ioway ; Otoe ; Iowa ; Iowa-Oto ; Missouri ; Jiwele ; Missouria iow comment
Italian Italian ita comment
Iu Mien Iu Mien ium comment
Jamaican Creole English Southwestern Caribbean Creole English jam comment
Japanese Japanese jpn comment
Jarai Jarai jra comment
Jemez Jemez ; Towa tow comment
Kabardian Kabardian kbd comment
* Kalapuya Lukamiute ; Wapatu ; Kalapuya ; Santiam kyl comment
* Kalispel-Pend D'oreille Pend D'oreille ; Flathead-Kalispel ; Kalispel-Pend D'oreille ; Salish ; Kalispel-Flathead ; Kalispel fla comment
Kalmyk-Oirat Kalmyk-Oirat xal comment
Kanjobal, Eastern Kanjobal, Eastern kjb comment
Kanjobal, Western Kanjobal, Western knj comment
* Kansa Kansa ; Konze ; Kaw ; Kanze ksk comment
Karachay-Balkar Karachay-Balkar krc comment
Karankawa      zkk comment
Karkin Karkin krb comment
Karok Karok ; Karuk kyh comment
* Kashaya Kashaya ; Southwestern Pomo kju comment
* Kato Kato ; Cahto ; Tlokeang ; Kai Po-Mo ; Batem-Da-Kai-Ee ktw comment
Kabuverdianu Kabuverdianu ; Kabuverdianu Sotavento kea comment
* Kawaiisu Kawaiisu xaw comment
Keres, Eastern Cochiti ; San Felipe ; Santa Ana ; Eastern Keres Pueblo ; Keres, Eastern ; Zia ; Santo Domingo kee comment
Keres, Western Acoma ; Laguna ; Western Keres Pueblo ; Keres, Western kjq comment
Khmer, Central Khmer, Central khm comment
Khmu Khmu kjg comment
Khuen Khuen khf comment
Kickapoo Kikapú ; Kikapoo ; Kickapoo kic comment
Kiowa Kiowa kio comment
Kitsai Kichai ; Kitsai kii comment
* Klamath-Modoc Klamath-Modoc kla comment
Klao Klao klu comment
Koasati Coushatta ; Koasati cku comment
Koho Koho kpm comment
Korean Korean kor comment
* Koyukon Ten'a ; Koyukon koy comment
Kumiai Diegueño ; Kumeyaay ; Kimiai ; Tipai ; Campo ; Kumiai ; Ipai ; Digueño ; Kamia dih comment
Kurdish, Northern Kurdish, Northern kmr comment
Kuskokwim, Upper Kuskokwim, Upper ; Mcgrath Ingalik ; Kolchan kuu comment
Kutenai Ktunaxa ; Kootenai ; Kutenai kut comment
Kwakiutl Kwakiutl kwk comment
Kwalhioqua-Tlatskanai      qwt comment
Ladin Ladin lld comment
Ladino Ladino lad comment
Lahu Shi Lahu Shi kds comment
Lakota Teton ; Brulé ; Lakhota ; Lakota lkt comment
Lamet Lamet lbn comment
Lao Lao lao comment
Latvian Latvian lav comment
Laven Laven lbo comment
Laz Laz lzz comment
Lithuanian Lithuanian lit comment
Lombard Ticines ; Tessinian ; Ticinese ; Ticinees ; Lombard ; Ticino lmo comment
Louisiana Creole French Louisiana Creole French lou comment
Loup A      xlo comment
Loup B      xlb comment
Luiseño Luiseño ; Ajachemem ; Acgachemem ; Luiseño ; Juaneño ; Ajachema ; Agachemem lui comment
Lumbee Lumbee ; Croatan lmz comment
* Lushootseed Lushootseed ; Northern Puget Sound Salish ; Southern Lushootseed ; Northern Lushootseed ; Southern Puget Sound Salish lut comment
Luxembourgeois Luxembourgeois ltz comment
Mahican Mahican mjy comment
* Maidu, Northeast Maidu, Northeast ; Mountain Maidu nmu comment
* Maidu, Northwest Nákum ; Maiduan ; Concow ; Maidu, Northwest ; Holólupai ; Digger ; Konkow ; Tsamak ; Meidoo ; Konkau ; Michopdo ; Sekumne ; Yuba ; Secumne mjd comment
Maidu, Valley Maidu, Valley vmv comment
Makah Makah ; Kwe-Nee-Chee-Aht ; Kweedishchaaht myh comment
Mal Thin ; Mal mlf comment
Malay, Ambonese Malay, Ambonese abs comment
Malay Malay mly comment
Malecite-Passamaquoddy Passamaquoddy ; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy ; Maliseet ; Malecite-Passamaquoddy ; Malecite pqm comment
Maltese Maltese mlt comment
Mamulique      emm comment
* Mandan Mandan mhq comment
Maricopa Maricopa ; Cocomaricopa mrc comment
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language MVSL ; Martha's Vineyard Sign Language mre comment
Mattole Mattole mvb comment
* Menominee Menominee ; Menomini mez comment
Mesquakie Sac ; Mesquakie ; Fox ; Sauk-Fox ; Mesquakie ; Meskwakie ; Sac And Fox sac comment
Miami Miami-Myaamia ; Illinois ; Peoria ; Miami-Illinois ; Miami ; Miami mia comment
Michif Mitchif ; French Cree ; Michif crg comment
Michigamea Mihshikamiia cmm comment
Micmac Mi'gmaw ; Restigouche ; Mi'kmaw ; Miigmao ; Micmac mic comment
Mikasuki Hitchiti ; Hitchiti ; Mikasuki ; Mikasuki ; Mikasuki Seminole ; Miccosukee mik comment
Miluk      iml comment
Miwok, Bay Saklan ; Saclan ; Miwok, Bay mkq comment
* Miwok, Central Sierra Eastern Central Sierra Miwok ; Western Central Sierra Miwok ; Miwok, Central Sierra csm comment
Miwok, Coast Marin Miwok ; Huimen ; Miwok, Coast ; Bodega csi comment
* Miwok, Lake Miwok, Lake lmw comment
* Miwok, Northern Sierra Miwok, Northern Sierra nsq comment
* Miwok, Plains Valley Miwok ; Miwok, Plains pmw comment
* Miwok, Southern Sierra San Raphael ; Miwokan ; Talutui ; Miwok, Southern Sierra ; Mokélumne ; Yosemite ; Talatui ; Miwoc ; Me-Wuk ; Moquelumnan ; Mewoc ; Meewoc skd comment
Mixtec, Mixtepec Mixtec, Mixtepec mix comment
Mixtec, Peñoles Mixtec, Peñoles mil comment
Mixtec, Silacayoapan Mixtec, Silacayoapan mks comment
Mnong, Eastern Mnong, Eastern mng comment
Mohave Mojave ; Mohave mov comment
Mohawk Mohawk ; Kanien'kehaka moh comment
Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett Montauk ; Narrangansett ; Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett ; Pequot-Mohegan ; Shinnecock-Poosepatuck ; Stockbridge mof comment
Mobilian Mobilian Jargon ; Mobilian mod comment
Molale Molale ; Molala ; Molele ; Molalla mbe comment
* Mono Monachi ; Mono mnr comment
Muskogee Muskogee ; Creek ; Creek ; Seminole mus comment
Nanticoke Nanticoke nnt comment
Natchez Natchez ncz comment
Navajo Diné ; Navaho ; Navajo nav comment
Nawathinehena Nawathinehena nwa comment
Nez Perce Nez Perce nez comment
* Nisenan Nisenan ; Neeshenam ; Pujuni ; Southern Maidu ; Nishinam ; Wapumni nsz comment
Nooksack Nooksack ; Nootsack nok comment
Northern Kalapuya Northern Callapuyan nrt comment
Nottoway-Meherrin      nwy comment
Nottoway Nottoway ntw comment
Nung Nung nut comment
Ofo Ofo ofo comment
Ohlone, Northern Soledad ; Santa Clara ; East Bay ; San Francisco ; Ohlone, Northern ; Santa Cruz ; Costanoan cst comment
Ohlone, Southern San Juan Bautista ; Costanoan ; Ohlone, Southern ; Carmel ; San Carlos ; Mutsun ; Monterey ; Runsien ; Rumsen css comment
Obispeño Obispeño obi comment
Okanagan Okanagan-Colville ; Colville ; Okanagon ; Lake ; Okanogan ; Sanpoil ; Okanagan ; Southern Okanogan oka comment
Omaha-Ponca Omaha ; Umanhan ; Ponca ; Ppankka ; Ponka ; Omaha-Ponca ; Mahairi oma comment
Oneida Oneida one comment
Onondaga Onondaga ; Onandaga ono comment
* Osage Wazhazhe ; Osage osa comment
Otomi, Mezquital Otomi, Mezquital ote comment
Ottawa Ottawa ; Ojibwe ; Eastern Ojibwa ; Chippewa ; Odawa otw comment
Paiute, Northern South Northern Paiute ; North Northern Paiute ; Mcdermitt ; Paviotso ; Bannock ; Paiute, Northern ; Yerington-Schurz pao comment
Pamlico      pmk comment
* Panamint Koso Shoshone ; Panamint ; Coso ; Koso ; Tümpisa Shoshoni ; Panamint Shoshone par comment
Panjabi, Eastern Panjabi, Eastern pan comment
Panjabi, Western Panjabi, Western pnb comment
Parsi Parsi prp comment
* Pawnee Skidi ; Pawnee ; Skiri ; South Band paw comment
Phu Thai Phu Thai pht comment
Piemontese Piemontese pms comment
Pingelapese Pingelapese pif comment
Piro Tompiro ; Piro pie comment
Piscataway Piscataway ; Conoy psy comment
Plains Indian Sign Language Plains Indian Sign Language ; Plains Sign Language psd comment
Plautdietsch Mennonite German ; Low German ; Plautdietsch pdt comment
Polish Polish pol comment
* Pomo, Central Cabanapo ; Habenapo ; Venaambakaia ; H'hana ; Point Arena ; Kulanapan ; Kulanapo ; Venambakaiia ; Yokaia ; Khabenapo ; Kábinapek ; Khana ; Ukiah ; Pomo, Central ; Ballo-Kai-Pomo ; Hopland poo comment
Pomo, Eastern Clear Lake Pomo ; Pomo, Eastern peb comment
* Pomo, Northeastern Salt Pomo ; Pomo, Northeastern pef comment
Pomo, Northern Guidiville ; Sherwood Valley ; Pomo, Northern pej comment
* Pomo, Southeastern Pomo, Southeastern ; Lower Lake Pomo pom comment
* Pomo, Southern Pomo, Southern ; Gallinoméro peq comment
Pontic Pontic pnt comment
Portuguese Portuguese por comment
Potawatomi Potawatomi ; Pottawotomi pot comment