indigenous languages are under threat, so too are indigenous peoples themselves.

The following tables list 154 indigenous American languages which are still spoken in the United States, the number of speakers, and where the speakers are located.

Among the 50 or so other Aboriginal languages, Footnote 5 most of them were spoken at home by between 30% and 60% of the people who reported them as mother tongues.

An endangered language is one that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. Most other Aboriginal mother tongues not the main home language. The first table arranges the languages alphabetically, while the second arranges them according to number of speakers.
Indigenous languages are spoken widely and are official languages in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, while the Yukon recognizes the significance of the Indigenous languages of the territory. The role of Wikimedia Language Diversity is to support and encourage efforts to develop specific Wikimedia projects in small and endangered languages. They were generally spoken on a regular basis in addition to the main home language (such as English or French); however, some exceptions are noteworthy. UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger.

The online edition of the Atlas is complementary to the print edition It does not reproduce the regional and thematic chapters of the print version, but it offers additional information on the listed endangered languages. It will serve as an international body to collect and share best practices, lessons learned, and methodology for developing small-languages Wikimedia projects and empowering endangered languages. There are numerous Australian Aboriginal languages and dialects, many of which are endangered. On 5 February 2019, the Canadian government tabled the Indigenous Languages Act, which seeks to protect and revitalize Indigenous languages in Canada. Indigenous languages of the Americas are spoken by indigenous peoples from Alaska, Nunavut, and Greenland to the southern tip of South America, encompassing the land masses that constitute the Americas.These indigenous languages consist of dozens of distinct language families, as well as many language isolates and unclassified languages..
Indigenous languages matter for social, economic and political development, peaceful coexistence and reconciliation in our societies. Yet many of them are in danger of disappearing.