Mi’kmaq

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New Brunswick province: Big Cove, Burnt Church, Eel Ground, Eel River Bar, Fort Folly, Indian Island, Pabino Falls, and Red Bank; Newfoundland and Labrador province: Newfoundland Island, 1 settlement south of Millertown; Nova Scotia: Afton, Bear River, Shubenagadie, Pictou, Truro, and Yarmouth, on Cape Breton Island: Chapel Island, Eskasoni, Memberto, Waikoqomaq, and Wakmatkuq; Prince Edward Island province; Quebec province: Gesgapeqiaq, Gespe’q, and Listuguj on east Gaspé peninsula.

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Language NameMi’kmaq

User Population

210 in United States (2015 census). 8,150 L1 speakers in Canada and the United States(Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6,800 (Golla 2007).

Location

Maine : north near Fort Fairfield; Massachusetts: Boston; scattered elsewhere.

Alternate Names

Mi’gmaw, Mi’kmaw, Micmac, Miigmao, Mikmak, Mikmaw, Mìgmaq, Mìkmaq

Language Status

6b* (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians.

Language Use

Also use English [eng].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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