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Native Voices Endowment 
A Lewis & Clark Expedition Bicentennial Legacy

Please note that these languages are not eligible for Language Legacies proposals.
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Language Name • ISO 639-3 Code • Family
  • Arapaho • arp • Algonquian
  • Arikara • ari • Caddoan
  • Assiniboine • asb • Siouan
  • Blackfoot • bla • Algonquian
  • Chetco • ctc • Athabaskan
  • Cheyenne • chy • Algonquian
  • Chinook • chh • Penutian
  • Chinook Wawa • chn • Pidgin, Amerindian
  • Chippewa • ciw • Algonquian
  • Coeur D'Alene • crd • Salishan
  • Comanche • com • Uto-Aztecan
  • Coquille • coq • Athabaskan
  • Crow • cro • Siouan
  • Dakota/Nakota • dak • Siouan
  • Delaware/Unami • unm • Algonquian
  • Galice • gce • Athabaskan
  • Gros Ventre • ats • Algonquian
  • Hidatsa • hid • Siouan
  • Ho-Chunk • win • Siouan
  • Iowa-Oto • iow • Siouan
  • Kalapuya • kyl • Penutian
  • Kalispel-Pend D'Oreille • fla • Salishan
  • Kansa, Kaw • ksk • Siouan
  • Kickapoo • kic • Algonquian
  • Kiowa • kio • Kiowa-Tanoan
  • Kutenai • kut • Isolate
  • Lakota • lkt • Siouan
  • Lower Chehalis • cjh • Salishan
  • Mandan • mhq • Siouan
  • Meskwaki • sac • Algonquian
  • Molalla • mbe • Penutian
  • Monacan (Tutelo) • tta • Siouan
  • Nez Perce • nez • Penutian
  • Okanogan • oka • Salishan
  • Omaha-Ponca • oma • Siouan
  • Osage • osa • Siouan
  • Paiute • pao • Uto-Aztecan
  • Pawnee • paw • Caddoan
  • Potawatomi • pot • Algonquian
  • Quinault • qun • Salishan
  • Shawnee • sjw • Algonquian
  • Shoshoni • shh • Uto-Aztecan
  • Spokane • spo • Salishan
  • Straits Salish • str • Salishan
  • Tenino • tqn • Penutian
  • Tillamook • til • Salishan
  • Tolowa • tol • Athabaskan
  • Tututni • tuu • Athabaskan
  • Umatilla • uma • Penutian
  • Upper Chehalis • cea • Salishan
  • Walla Walla • waa • Penutian
  • Wasco • wac • Penutian
  • Wenatchee • col • Salishan
  • Yakima • yak • Penutian
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"The ELF will always remain a part of our collective memory. We thank you and the ELF sincerely for being a part of our effort to save one the richest dialects on this part of the planet."

- Dr. Mite Lingi, Language Legacies Recipient 2015

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    • About ELF
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    • Contact Us
  • Grants
    • ELF-UNESCO Traineeship
    • Language Legacies
    • Native Voices Endowment
    • Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship
  • Projects
    • Project Spotlight
    • Testimonials
    • Photo Gallery
  • Resources
    • Breath of Life
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    • General Resources
  • Get Involved
    • Donate
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