<P> North America is home to a large number of language families and some language isolates . In the Arctic north, the Eskimo--Aleut languages are spoken from Alaska to Greenland . This group includes the Aleut language of the Aleutian Islands, the Yupik languages of Alaska and the Russian Far East, and the Inuit languages of Alaska, Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Greenland . </P> <P> The Na - Dené languages, of which the most numerous and widespread are the Athabaskan languages, include the languages of central and eastern Alaska and northwestern Canada, as well as the Apachean languages of the Southwestern United States . The Algic languages, including the large Algonquian branch, are widespread across Canada and the United States; they include Cree, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Mi'kmaq, and Blackfoot . The Iroquoian languages dominate the area around the Saint Lawrence River and the eastern Great Lakes, but also include Cherokee . The Siouan--Catawban languages, including Crow and Sioux, dominate the Great Plains . A large number of small language families are spoken in the Pacific Northwest from British Columbia to California . </P> <P> The Uto - Aztecan languages are found throughout the Western United States, northern and central Mexico, and as far south as El Salvador; they include Hopi, O'odham, and Nahuatl (descended from Aztec). Other large families in Mexico include the Mayan languages (also spoken in Belize and Guatemala), the Mixe--Zoque languages, and the Oto - Manguean languages . In the Caribbean, the Arawakan languages were formerly widespread, but are now limited to Garifuna on the Central American mainland; the family is still well represented in South America, however . The Chibchan languages are spoken in Costa Rica and Panama as well as South America . </P> <P> The most widely spoken languages in North America are English, Spanish and French, a legacy of colonization of much of the continent by settlers from the United Kingdom, Spain and France, respectively . </P>

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