America and Indian race, Детальна інформація

Caddoan languages 354

Central and South American Indian languages 431

Haida 110

Hokan languages 2,430

Iroquoian languages 12,046

Keres 8,346

Muskogean languages 13,772

Penutian languages 8,190

Siouan languages 19,693

Tanoan languages 8,255

Tlingit 1,088

Tonkawa 3

Uto-Aztecan languages 23,493

Wakashan and Salish languages 1,105

Yuchi 65

Unspecified American Indian languages 12,038Source: U.S. Census Bureau. The American Indian languages shown above are the major languages.

Many American places have been named after Indian words.  In fact, about half of the states got their names from Indian words. Here are some:





Alabama may come from Choctaw meaning “thicket-clearers” or “vegetation-gatherers.”

Alaska corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against.”

Arizona from the Indian “Arizonac,” meaning “little spring” or “young spring.”

Arkansas from the Quapaw Indians

Chicago, Ill Algonquian for "garlic field."

Chesapeake (bay) Algonquian name of a village

Connecticut from an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river.”

Dakota from the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies.”

Illinois Algonquin for “tribe of superior men.”

Indiana meaning “land of Indians.”

Iowa probably from an Indian word meaning “this is the place” or “the Beautiful Land.”