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Míkmaq is written using a number of Roman alphabet schemes based on those devised by missionaries in the 19th century. Previously, the language was written in Míkmaq hieroglyphic writing, a script of partially-native origin. The Francis-Smith orthography used here was developed in 1974, and adopted as the official orthography of the Míkmaq Nation in 1980. It is the most widely-used orthography, used by Nova Scotian Mikmaq and by the Míkmaq Grand Council. It is quite similar to the "Lexicon" orthography, differing from it only in its use of the acute accent instead of the colon to mark vowel length. Two deviations from the Francis-Smith orthography are fairly widespread. The first is the omission of the acute accent or the fallback of writing it as an<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=573728 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | Míkmaq is written using a number of Roman alphabet schemes based on those devised by missionaries in the 19th century. Previously, the language was written in Míkmaq hieroglyphic writing, a script of partially-native origin. The Francis-Smith orthography used here was developed in 1974, and adopted as the official orthography of the Míkmaq Nation in 1980. It is the most widely-used orthography, used by Nova Scotian Mikmaq and by the Míkmaq Grand Council. It is quite similar to the "Lexicon" orthography, differing from it only in its use of the acute accent instead of the colon to mark vowel length. Two deviations from the Francis-Smith orthography are fairly widespread. The first is the omission of the acute accent or the fallback of writing it as an<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=573728 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><h2>Location of Micmac Language Speakers</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Location of Micmac Language Speakers</h2> | ||
http://llmap.org/languages/ | http://llmap.org/languages/mic/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png | ||
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> |
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