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Mi'kmaq
The
Mi'kmaq
(also
Micmac
,
L'nu
and
Mi'kmaw
) (; ) are a
First Nations
band
, indigenous to
Canada
's
Maritime Provinces
and the
Gaspé Peninsula
of
Quebec
. They call this region
Mi'kma'ki
. Others today live in
Newfoundland
and the northeastern region of
Maine
. The nation has a population of about 40,000 (plus about 25,000 in the Qalipu First Nation in Newfoundland), of whom nearly 11,000 speak
Mi'kmaq
, an
Eastern Algonquian
language. Once written in
Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing
, it is now written using most letters of the standard
Latin alphabet
.
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