Several of Wisconsin's native languages are spoken mainly or exclusively in this state. Only Ojibwe has large numbers of speakers elsewhere.

Language, Language family, Where spoken

Ho-Chunk, Siouan, Almost entirely in Wisconsin but also Nebraska

Menominee, Algonquian, Only on the Menominee Reservation

Potawatomi, Algonquian, Mainly in Wisconsin, also in Kansas and Canada

Ojibwe, Algonquian, Upper Midwest, Montana and five Canadian provinces

Oneida, Iroquoian, Wisconsin, New York and Ontario, Canada

Sources: Wisconsin tribes; State Journal research