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~500

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There are about 500 first-language speakers. Most of those in Maine are members of the Passamaquoddy tribe, while in Canada they identify themselves as Maliseet, but dialect differences between the two groups are minimal. The principal communities in Maine are Pleasant Point and Indian Township, with fewer than 100 fluent speakers between them. In New Brunswick there are 355 first-language speakers at Tobique, Woodstock, Kingsclear, St. Mary’s, and Oromocto; another 40 live elsewhere in Canada. There are also some speakers of both dialects residing with the Penobscots of Indian Island, at Old Town, Maine, and in an urban community in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Nearly all speakers are middle aged, with the most fluent in their 60s and older.

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2008

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USA; Canada

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Spoken in the St. Croix and St. John River valleys along the border between the state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

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Spoken in the St. Croix and St. John River valleys along the border between the state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

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975

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Year of info

2010

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USA; Canada;

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44.9572,-67.0496

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500

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Year of info

2006

Location and Context

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USA; Canada;

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northern Maine, several communities along the US-Canada border

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northern Maine, several communities along the US-Canada border

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English

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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USA; Canada

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44.9572,-67.0496; 46.8023,-67.6686

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2060

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Ethnic Population

3000-4000

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1100 in Canada" (2001 census); ethnic population from SIL (1998).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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USA; Canada

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New Brunswick, villages along Saint John River. Malecite mainly in Canada, Passamaquoddy in Maine, United States.

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New Brunswick, villages along Saint John River. Malecite mainly in Canada, Passamaquoddy in Maine, United States.

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

590

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5500?

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Canada: 490 (2011 census), ethnic population 3000 (1998 SIL). US: 100 i(Golla 2007), ethnic population: 2500 (1997 K. Teeter).

Year of info

2016

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Canada, USA

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Positive.

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2005

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45.0,-67.0

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1,655

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    Ng, Eve Chuen. Demonstrative Words in the Algonquian Language Passamaquoddy: A Descriptive and Grammaticalization Analysis. PhD thesis, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2002.
  2. Micmac - Maliseet Institute's Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Dictionary
    Francis, D. A. and R. M. Leavitt. 1998. "Micmac - Maliseet Institute's Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Dictionary." Online: http://ultratext.hil.unb.ca/Texts/Maliseet/dictionary/.
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    Teeter, Karl V. and Philip Lesourd. 1983. "Vowel Length in Malecite." In Actes du quatorzieme congres des algonquinistes, edited by William Cowen. 245-248. Carleton University.
  5. The main features of Malecite-Passamaquoddy Grammar
    Teeter, Karl V. 1971. "The Main Features of Malecite-Passamaquoddy Grammar." In Studies in American Indian Languages, edited by Jesse Sawyer. 65: 191-249. University of Californian Press.
  6. When words with the same forms have different functions: Demonstratives and their derivatives in Maliseet-Passamaquoddy
    Ng, Eve. 1999. "When Words with the Same Forms Have Different Functions: Demonstratives and Their Derivatives in Maliseet-Passamaquoddy."
  7. Demonstrative words in the Algonquian language Passamaquoddy: a descriptive and grammaticalization analysis
    Ng, Eve. 2002. "Demonstrative Words in the Algonquian Language Passamaquoddy: a Descriptive and Grammaticalization Analysis."
  8. Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Verb Morphology
    Sherwood, David F. 1986. "Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Verb Morphology." 105: National Museums of Canada.
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    Lesourd, Philip S. 1993. "Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy." Garland.
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    Sherwood, David Fairchild. 1986. "Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Verb Morphology." 105: xix+325. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada.
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    Leavitt, Robert M. 1996. "Passamaquoddy-Maliseet." 27: München: Lincom.
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    Bruening, B. Syntax At the Edge: Cross-Clausal Phenomena and the Syntax of Passamaquoddy. PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001.
  15. A Collection of Words and Phrases taken from the Passamaquoddy Tongue
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  17. North America
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    Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.
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    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
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    England, Nora. 2006. ""Documentation of Under-Represented Genres of Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Linguistic Practice" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=84.
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