- Eskimo-Aleut two Eskimo languages and Aleut.
- Athapaskan most of the languages of Alaska and Northwestern Canada, also includes Navajo and Apache.
- Algonquian most of Canada and Northeast USA, includes Cree, Ojibwa, Cheyenne, Blackfoot.
- Iroquoian the languages of New York sate (Mohawk, Onodaga, etc...) and Cherokee
- Siouan includes Dakota/Lakhota and other languages of the plains and Southeast USA
- Muskogean Choctaw, Alabama, Creek, Mikasuki (Seminole) and other languages of Southeast USA
- Uto-Aztecan a large family of languages in Mexico and the Southwest of the USA, includes Nahuatl (Aztec), Hopi, Comanche, Paiute, etc...
- Salish languages of Washington State and British Columbia
- Hokan languages of California and Mexico (controversial grouping)
- Penitian languages of California and Oregon (controversial grouping)
These languages are seldom heard on the shortwave bands.
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