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North America
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

8,145

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Ethnic Population

20,000

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Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Canada;

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Year of info

2013

Location and Context

Countries

Canada

Coordinates

47.863736, -55.756903

Location description

Mi'kmaq is also spoken on the Miawpukek First Nation in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Mi'kmaq is also spoken on the Miawpukek First Nation in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

14,995

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Canada;

Coordinates

42.3589,-71.0578; 45.9646, -60.6172

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

9290

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"8,960 in Canada, decreasing. Ethnic population: 14,200 in Canada (1998 SIL). In Canada, 1,500 are in mainland Nova Scotia, 4,000 on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, 800 on Prince Edward Island and Lennox Island, 4,550 on the east coast of New Brunswick, 3,150 on the Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, 200 in Newfoundland".

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Canada;

Coordinates

44.995883,-63.658081; 46.24825,-60.876068; 46.339343,-63.402924; 48.727209,-65.69989; 46.354511,-64.755066; 46.769968,-67.834499; 42.357529,-71.065166

Location description

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

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

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

8270

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Ethnic Population

21,000

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Canada: 8040 (2011 census), ethnic population 14,200 (1998 SIL). US: 230 (2010 census), ethnic population 6,800 (Golla 2007).

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

Canada, USA

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Postive

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Other languages used

English, French

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

8,145

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Ethnic Population

about 20,000

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Year of info

2007

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USA; Canada;

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Year of info

2005

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Coordinates

45.0,-63.0

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

8,510

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USA; Canada;

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  3. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    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.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
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    http://www.oralliterature.org
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  6. North America
    Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.
  7. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  8. About Miwapukek
    Miawpukek First Nation. 2013. "About Miwapukek." Online: http://www.mfngov.ca/about-miawpukek/.
    http://www.mfngov.ca/about-miawpukek/
  9. The Micmac Grammar of Father Pacifique
    Hewson, John and Bernard Francis. 1990. "The Micmac Grammar of Father Pacifique." 7: Manitoba: Algonquian and Iroquioian Linguistics, Winnipeg.
  10. A First Reading Book in the Micmac Language
    Rand, Silas Tertius. 1875. "A First Reading Book in the Micmac Language." Halifax: Nova Scotia Printing Company.
  11. The Micmac grammar of Father Pacifique. Translated and retranscribed
    Hewson, John and Bernard Francis. 1990. "The Micmac Grammar of Father Pacifique. Translated and Retranscribed." Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics.
  12. Micmac Lexicon
    Deblois, Albert D. and Alphonse Metallic. 1984. "Micmac Lexicon." National Museums of Canada.