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Native to Canada, United States Region Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Gaspe Peninsula (Quebec),
Newfoundland, northern Maine, Boston (Massachusetts) Ethnicity
Mi'kmaq people Native speakers 8,300  (2010 & 2011 censuses)[1]
Language codes ISO 639-2 mic ISO 639-3 mic Glottolog mikm1235[2]
The Mi'kmaq language (spelled and pronounced Micmac historically
and now often Migmaw or Mikmaw in English, and Míkmaq, Míkmaw or
Mìgmao in Mi'kmaq) is an Eastern Algonquian language spoken by
nearly 11,000 Mi'kmaq in Canada and the United States out of a
total ethnic Mi'kmaq population of roughly 20,000.[3][4] The
word Mi'kmaq is a plural word meaning 'my friends' (singular
Míkm[5]); the adjectival form is Míkmaw.[6] The language's
native name is Lnuismk, Míkmawísimk[7] or Míkmwei[5] (in some
dialects).   The phonemic inventory of Mi'kmaq is shown below.
Front Central Back short long sh