Mi'kmaq

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Mi'kmaq may refer to:

  • the Mi'kmaq people, a First Nations (Native American) people, indigenous to northeastern New England, Canada's Atlantic Provinces, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec
  • the Mi'kmaq language, 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
  • Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing, a writing system and memory aid used by the Míkmaq, a Native American people of the east coast of what is now Canada

Mi'kmaq is the plural form of Mi'kmaw, meaning "our kin-friends" or "my friends."