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Preferred term

micMicmac  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Mikmaq language (spelled Micmac in English, and Míkmaq, Míkmaw or Mìgmao in Mikmaq) is an Eastern Algonquian language spoken by nearly 11,000 Mikmaq in Canada and the United States out of a total ethnic Mikmaq population of roughly 20,000. The word Mikmaq is a plural word meaning my friends (singular Míkm ); the adjectival form is Míkmaw. The languages native name is Lnuismk, Míkmawísimk or Míkmwei (in some dialects).

Entry terms

  • Mi'kmaq
  • Mi'kmaq language
  • Míkmaq language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • mic

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • mic

ISO 639-3 code

  • mic

Notation

  • mic

In other languages

  • micmac

    French

  • mi'kmaq
  • Micmac
  • Micmac-Sprache

    German

  • micmac

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • micmac

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/mic

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