Concept information
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
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micmac
French
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mi'kmaq
-
Micmac
-
Micmac-Sprache
German
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micmac
Italian
-
Portuguese
-
micmac
Spanish
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/mic
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