ALGIC
Yurok [n. California]
Wiyot [n. California]
Algonquian
Blackfoot
Arapaho
Cheyenne
Cree
Menomini
Ojibwa (Chippewa)-Potowatomi
Mesquakie: Fox, Sauk, Kickapoo
Miami-Illinois
Shawnee
Eastern: Abenaki (Penobscot), Micmac, Malecite-
Passamaquoddy, Massachusett, Narragansett,
Mohegan-Pequot-Montauk, Connecticut, Mahican,
Delaware (Lenape), Nanticoke, Powhatan, Carolina
(Subgrouping of the Algonquian languages into branches is
unclear).
Blackfoot, Arapaho, and Cheyenne were spoken in the northern
plains. Cree is spoken from northern Quebec across Canada
into the Northwest Territories. Menomini and Potowatomi are
spoken in Wisconsin, Ojibwa from Michigan across northern
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. The Mesquakie
languages were spoken on the plains, Miami-Illinois in
Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio'
The Eastern Algonquian languages were spoken along the
Eastern Seabord from New Brunswick and New England down to
the Carolinas; they are listed in approximately North-to-
South order.
MUSKOGEAN
Choctaw-Chickasaw [Mississipi, Alabama, Louisiana]
Alabama-Koasati [Alabama, Texas]
Hitchiti-Mikasuki [Alabama, Florida]
Creek (=Muskogee), Seminole [Alabama, Georgia]
There are a few Choctaw speakers remaining in Mississippi
and Louisiana, more in Oklahoma. Seminole and Mikasuki are
spoken in Florida and Oklahoma. Remaining speakers of Creek
and Chickasaw live in Oklahoma. A few speakers of Alabama
remain in Alabama, and of Koasati in Texas.