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The Mi'kmaq language (/ ˈmɪɡmɑː / MIG-mah), [nb 1] or Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk, is an Eastern Algonquian language spoken by nearly 11,000 Mi'kmaq in Canada and the United States; the total ethnic Mi'kmaq population is roughly 20,000. [4][5] The native name of the language is Lnuismk, Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk[6] or Miꞌkmwei[7] (in some dialects).
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The Mi'kmaq language (also spelled Míkmaq, Mi'gmaq, Mi'qmac,...
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The Mi'kmaq (also Mi'gmaq, Lnu, Miꞌkmaw or Miꞌgmaw; English:...
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The Mi'kmaq (also Mi'gmaq, Lnu, Miꞌkmaw or Miꞌgmaw; English: / ˈ m ɪ ɡ m ɑː / MIG-mah; Miꞌkmaq:) [4] [5] [6] are an Indigenous group of people of the Northeastern Woodlands, native to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces, primarily Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland, [7] and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as Native Americans in the ...
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Mi'kmaq was originally written with the Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing system. In 1691 a French missionary named Fater La Clerq noticed Mi'kmaq children using the system as a memory aid and adapted it to write scriptures. In 1894 a method of writing Mi'kmaq with Latin alphabet was devised by Silas T. Rand, who used it to translate religious works, a ...
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1. Between vowels/the following consonants are voiced: j = [ʤ], k = [g], p = [b], q = [ɣ], s = [z] and t = [d]. Elsewhere they are unvoiced: j = [ʧ], k = [k], p = [p], q = [x], s = [s] and t = [t]. 2. When a consonant is followed by l/m or n/a schwa [ə] is added between the consonants/though this is not indicated in writing. For example, ples= [pəles] 3. When a consonant at the beginning of a word is followed by another consonant other than l/m or n/or l/m/n is followed by another consonant a...
Msit mimajulnu'k weskwijinu'ltijik alsumsultijik aqq newte' tett wkpimte'tmut aqq koqwajo'taqnn wejkul'aqmititl. (Article 1, Wtui'katikn wjit Koqwajo'taqann Mimajuinu'k Wejkuaqmi'tij)
Information about the Mi'kmaq http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi'kmaq_language http://www.native-languages.org/mikmaq.htm https://societies.learnquebec.ca/societies/mikmaq-around-1980/mikmaq-an-endangered-language/ https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/cmlr.4082 http://mikmawteachingresources.ca/ Online Mi'kmaq lessons http://www.learn.migmaq...
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The Mi'kmaq language (also spelled Míkmaq, Mi'gmaq, Mi'qmac, or priorly Micmac) is an Eastern Algonquian language spoken by nearly 9,000 Míkmaq in Canada, and another 1,200 in United States, out of a total ethnic Míkmaq population of roughly 40,000. The word Míkmaq is a plural word meaning 'my friends' (singular Míkm[2]); the adjectival ...
Aug 13, 2008 · Published Online August 13, 2008. Last Edited February 6, 2024. Mi’kmaq (Mi’kmaw, Micmac or L’nu, “the people” in Mi’kmaq) are Indigenous peoples who are among the original inhabitants in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada. Alternative names for the Mi’kmaq appear in some historical sources and include Gaspesians, Souriquois and ...
The Mi'kmaq language, or Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk, is an Eastern Algonquian language spoken by nearly 11,000 Mi'kmaq in Canada and the United States; the total ethnic Mi'kmaq population is roughly 20,000. The native name of the language is Lnuismk, Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk or Miꞌkmwei. The word Miꞌkmaq is a plural word meaning 'my friends' ; the adjectival form is Miꞌkmaw.
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Mi'kma'ki. Mi'kma'ki or Mi'gma'gi is composed of the traditional and current territories, or country, of the Mi'kmaq people, in what is now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and eastern Quebec, Canada. It is shared by an inter-Nation forum among Mi'kmaq First Nations and is divided into seven geographical and traditional districts with Taqamkuk being ...
