Editing Mi'kmaq language (section)

{{Short description|Eastern Algonquian language of Canada and the US}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Mi'kmaq
| nativename       = {{lang|mic|Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk}}
| states           =  [[Mi'kma'ki]],{{indent|3}} [[Wabanaki Confederacy|Wabankia]]<br /> [[Canada]]<br /> [[United States]]
| region           = [[Nova Scotia]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Prince Edward Island]], [[Gaspé Peninsula]], the [[Newfoundland (island)|island of Newfoundland]], [[Anticosti Island]], northern [[Maine]], [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
| ethnicity        = 168,420 [[Mi'kmaq]] (2016 census)
| speakers         = 7,140, 4% of ethnic population
| date             = 2016 census
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/lang/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=41&Geo=01|title=Language Highlight Tables, 2016 Census – Aboriginal mother tongue, Aboriginal language spoken most often at home and Other Aboriginal language(s) spoken regularly at home for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 Census – 100% Data|last=Canada|first=Government of Canada, Statistics|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca|date=2 August 2017|language=en|access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2013/demo/2009-2013-lang-tables.html|title=Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English|website=www.census.gov|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Algic
| fam1             = [[Algic languages|Algic]]
| fam2             = [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]
| fam3             = [[Eastern Algonquian languages|Eastern Algonquian]]
| script           = {{Unbulleted list|[[Latin script]]|{{Lang|mic|[[Miꞌkmaw hieroglyphic writing|Gomgwejui'gasit]]}} (historically)}}
| nation           = [[Canada]]<br /><ul><li>[[Nova Scotia]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20220407003 | title=Legislation Enshrines Mi'kmaw as Nova Scotia's First Language | date=11 May 2018 }}</ref></li></ul>
| minority         = [[Canada]]<br /><ul><li>[[New Brunswick]]</li><li>[[Prince Edward Island]]</li></ul>
| iso2             = mic
| iso3             = mic
| notice           = IPA
| glotto           = mikm1235
| glottorefname    = Mi'kmaq
| pronunciation = {{IPA|mic|miːɡmax|}}
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|[[Mi'kmaq|L'nu]]|[[Mi'kmaq|Lnu'k (Mi'kmaq)]]|'''Mi'kmawi'simk'''|[[Mi'kma'ki]]{{indent|5}}[[Wabanaki Confederacy|Wapna'ki]]}}
[[File:Mikmaq State Flag (vertical).svg|thumb|256x256px|Miꞌkmaq Vertical Flag]]
The '''Miꞌkmaq language''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɪ|g|m|ɑː}} {{respell|MIG|mah}}; {{IPA|mic|miːɡmax|lang}}),{{refn|group=nb|name=Alternate_names|Miꞌkmaq has historically been spelled and pronounced '''Micmac''' in English. Contemporary spellings include '''Migmaw''' and '''Mikmaw''' in English, and '''{{lang|mic|Míkmaq}}''', '''{{lang|mic|Míkmaw}}''' and '''{{lang|mic|Mìgmao}}''' in Miꞌkmaq.}} or '''{{lang|mic|Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk}}''', is an [[Eastern Algonquian languages|Eastern Algonquian]] language spoken by nearly 11,000 [[Mi'kmaq|Miꞌkmaq]] in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]]; the total ethnic Miꞌkmaq population is roughly 20,000.<ref name="census">{{Cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89189&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=705&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=837928 |title=Statistics Canada 2006 |access-date=2012-11-26 |archive-date=2018-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225074451/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=837928%20&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=89189&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="indiglang">{{Cite web |url=http://www.yourdictionary.com/elr/natlang.html |title=Indigenous Languages Spoken in the United States |access-date=2012-11-26 |archive-date=2017-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723113231/http://www.yourdictionary.com/elr/natlang.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The native name of the language is {{lang|mic|Lnuismk}}, {{lang|mic|Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk}}<ref>[http://www.languagegeek.com/algon/mikmawisimk/mikmawisimk.html Chris Harvey's page on Míkmawísimk]</ref> or {{lang|mic|Miꞌkmwei}}<ref name="Micmac Teaching Grammar 1976"/> (in some dialects). The word {{lang|mic|Miꞌkmaq}} is a plural word meaning 'my friends' (singular {{lang|mic|miꞌkm}}<ref name="Micmac Teaching Grammar 1976">Micmac Teaching Grammar. Delisle / Metallic 1976.</ref>); the [[Adjective|adjectival]] form is {{lang|mic|Miꞌkmaw}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.native-languages.org/mikmaq.htm |title=Mi'kmaq Language and the Mi'kmaq Indian Tribe (Micmac Indians, Mikmaq, Míkmaq, Mikmak) |website=www.native-languages.org }}</ref>