Families of Native American (Amerindian) Languages

Native American languages don't exactly belong under one single linguistic umbrella. Rather, they are classified in 20-30 separate groups according to Native Languages of the Americas. 25 million native speakers for the most part speak the languages of Central and South America while nearly 500,000 native speakers exist in the U.S. and Canada. There are reported 800 surviving Native American languages. Below are the modern classifications:

Algic Amerindian Language Family
Abnaki-Penobscot, Algonquin, Arapaho, Atikamek, Blackfoot (Siksika, Blackfeet), Cheyenne, Cree, Etchemin, Gros Ventre (Atsina), Kickapoo, Lenape (Delaware), Loup A/Loup B, Lumbee (Pamlico, Croatan), Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, Menominee, Mesquakie-Sauk (Sac and Fox), Miami-Illinois, Michif (Metis), Mi'kmaq (Micmac), Mohegan/Pequot, Mohican/Mahican, Montagnais Innu, Munsee, Nanticoke, Narragansett, Naskapi Innu, Ojibwe (Chippewa, Anishinaabemowin), Potawatomi, Powhatan, Shawnee, Wampanoag, Wiyot, Yurok; possibly Beothuk (Red Indian)

Arawakan Amerindian Language Family
Arawak, Ashaninka, Garifuna, Taino

Athapaskan Amerindian Language Family
Ahtna, Apache, Beaver, Carrier, Chilcotin, Chipewyan-Dene, Gwichin, Haida, Hupa, Kaska, Navajo-Dine, Slavey, Tlingit

Caddoan Amerindian Language Family
Arikara, Caddo, Pawnee

Cariban Language Family
Carib, Makusi

Hokan Amerindian Language Family
Chimariko, Chumash, Havasupai, Karuk, Kashaya, Mohave, Pomo, Quechan

Iroquoian Amerindian Language Family
Cayuga, Cherokee (Tsalagi), Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Susquehannock, Wyandot

Kiowa-Tanoan Amerindian Language Family
Kiowa, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa

Muskogean Amerindian Language Family
Alabama, Apalachee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Coushatta, Miccosukee, Muscogee

Penutian Amerindian Language Family
Alsea, Cathlamet, Chinook, Chinook Jargon, Coos, Klamath, Maidu, Miwok, Nez Perce, Nisgaa-Gitxsan, Ohlone, Tsimshian, Wintu, Yakama, Yokuts

Salishan Amerindian Language Family
Bella Coola, Chehalis, Coeur d'Alene, Cowichan, Cowlitz, Flathead Salish, Lillooet, Quinault, Saanich, Squamish, Snohomish

Siouan Amerindian Language Family
Assiniboine, Biloxi, Catawba, Crow, Dakota-Lakota, Hidatsa, Hochunk, Kansa, Mandan, Osage, Ponca-Omaha, Otoe, Quapaw, Tuscarora

Uto-Aztecan Amerindian Language Family
Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, Cocopah, Comanche, Diegueno, Hopi, Huichol, Juaneno, Luiseno, Nahuatl, Paiute, Papago-Pima, Shoshone, Tarahumara, Tongva, Ute, Yaqui

Wakashan Amerindian Language Family
Bella Bella, Haisla, Kwakiutl, Makah, Nootka

Other Native North American Languages
Aleut, Atakapa, Cayuse, Chitimacha, Inuktitut, Keres, Kootenay, Natchez, Timucua, Tonkawa, Yuchi, Yupik, Zuni

Other Native Central American Languages
Bribri, Cofan, Itza, Yucatec Mayan, Zapotec

Other Native South American Languages
Aymara, Bora, Guarani, Quechua