Mi'kmaw
Mi'kmaw is an Algic language spoken in Canada and United States, by about 8,270 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Miꞌkmaq ( MIG-mah; Mi'kmaq: [miːɡmax]) is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language spoken by nearly 11,000 Miꞌkmaq in Canada and the United States; the total ethnic Miꞌkmaq population is roughly 20,000.
The native name of the language is Lnuismk, Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk or Miꞌkmwei (in some dialects). The word Miꞌkmaq is a plural word meaning 'my friends' (singular miꞌkm); the adjectival form is Miꞌkmaw.
Miꞌkmaq has historically been spelled and pronounced Micmac in English. Contemporary spellings include Migmaw and Mikmaw in English, and Míkmaq, Míkmaw and Mìgmao in Miꞌkmaq.
From Wikipedia · Miꞌkmaq language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Written down
Msit mimajulnu’k weskwijinu’ltijik alsumsultijik aqq newte’ tett wkpimte’tmut aqq koqwajo’taqnn wejkul’aqmititl.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Mi'kmaw
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | jinem | |
| woman | e'pit | |
| water | samqwan | |
| tree | midis | |
| dog | lmu'j | |
| cat | gajuewj | |
| bird | jipji'j | |
| horse | te'sipow | |
| pig | gulgwi's | |
| snake | mtesgm | |
| one | nāookt | |
| two | dabu | |
| hundred | gasgʼptnnaqan | |
| tea | p'tewei |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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