Status of Indian Languages in Oklahoma

Language	Language Family	Max. Est'd Speakers in Oklahoma in 2006	Est'd Speakers in 2000
Arapaho	Algonkian	100	100
Caddo	Caddoan	20	21
Cherokee	Iroquoian	9,000	9,000
Cheyenne	Algonkian	400	400
Chickasaw	Muskogean	600	600
Chiricahua Apache	Na-Dene	1	1
Choctaw	Muskogee	4,000	4,000
Comanche	Uto-Aztecan	100	100
Delaware (Lenape)	Algonkian	0	0
Euchee	(Isolate)	7	15
Iowa	Siouan	30	30
Kickapoo	Algonkian	400	400
Kiowa	Tanoan	400	400
Mesquakie (Sauk and Fox)	Algonkian	-	10
Muskogee (Creek and Seminole)	Muskogean	6,000	6,000
Osage	Siouan	1	1
Otoe	Siouan	3	4
Ottawa	Algonkian	3	3
Pawnee	Caddoan	7	7
Plains Apache	Na-Dene	3	3
Ponca	Siouan	33	33
Potawatomi	Algonkian	20	20
Quapaw	Siouan	1	2
Sauk	Algonkian	9	-
Shawnee	Algonkian	200-800	200-800
Wichita	Caddoan	5	5

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Other Oklahoma Tribes with Language Revival Programs

Delaware (Lenape)	Algonkian
Kaw (Kansa)	Siouan
Miami	Algonkian
Seneca	Iroquoian
Wyandotte	Iroquoian

Oklahoma Indian Langauges Still Spoken By Children (2006)

Choctaw	Kickapoo
Cherokee	Chickasaw
Muscogee (Creek)

Oklahoma Indian Languages
with No More Fluent Speakers (2006)

Alabama*	Cayuga*
Delaware (Lenape)	Hitchiti, Mikasuki*
Kaw (Kansa)	Koasati*
Mesquakie (Fox)	Miami, Peoria
Modoc	Natchez
Seneca*	Tonkawa
Wyandotte*

* These languages may have speakers outside of Oklahoma.