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Mi'kmaq

The Mi'kmaq language 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. The word Mi'kmaq is a plural word meaning 'my friends' (singular Míkm); the adjectival form is Míkmaw. The language's native name is Lnuismk, Míkmawísimk or Míkmwei

Mi'kmaq is also spelled and pronounced Micmac historically and now often Migmaw or Mikmaw in English, and MíkmaqMíkmaw or Mìgmao in Mi'kmaq