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Mi'kmaq language
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Mi'kmaq language dispute erupts at Membertou - TheChronicleHerald.ca TheChronicleHerald.ca--Chief Terry Paul said Thursday a lack of understanding about the use of the -Mi'kmaq language- led to the manager, a Membertou First Nation employee, ... - Date : Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:05:22 GMT+00:00 |
Elder seeks to preserve Mi'kmaq culture - Times and Transcript Times and Transcript--No, that's what the government calls us," Sewell explained to his class of half a dozen young people eager to learn their native -language- and culture, ... - Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 |
Mi'kmaq culture irrepressible and colourful - Times and Transcript Times and Transcript--We still had our -language-, we still had our hunting skills and our fishing skills, we had our sense of family, we had our sense of community," said ... - Date : Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:04:22 GMT+00:00 |
Maritime Idol set to Launch Season Five ! - Wire Service Canada (press release) Wire Service Canada (press release)--Holly perform Oh Canada in her native -language Mi'Kmaq-, French and English. Holly Jane also graced "The Best of Maritime Idol 2008" concert audience at the ... - Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:46:54 GMT+00:00 |
Wanted: aboriginal immersion - Telegraph-Journal Telegraph-Journal---...- harming the chances for an endangered -language- to survive. In New Brunswick, the brutal reality is that -Mi'kmaq- is endangered, and Maliseet severely so. ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:00:09 GMT+00:00 |
Veterans dust off medals in preparation for royal encounter - TheChronicleHerald.ca TheChronicleHerald.ca---...- expected to do a tour of -Mi'kmaq- artworks and artifacts. "For many years we were discouraged to even speak our -language-, it was all oppressed," he said. ... - Date : Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:02:30 GMT+00:00 |
Presbyterian Church set to apologize to residential school survivors - Cape Breton Post Cape Breton Post--“I just couldn't understand why we couldn't speak our -language-. I know every time I spoke it I got punished.” As a five and six year old, Paul said he often ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:00:19 GMT+00:00 |
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Affricate | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fricative | s | x | xʷ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Approximant | w | l | j |
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IPA | /a/ | /aː/ | /e/ | /eː/ | /i/ | /iː/ | /ə/ | /tʃ/ | /k/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /o/ | /oː/ | /p/ | /x/ | /s/ | /t/ | /u/ | /uː/ | /w/ | /j/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Francis-Smith | a | a'/á | e | e'/é | i | i'/í | ɨ | j | k | l | m | n | o | o'/ó | p | q | s | t | u | u'/ú | w | y | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listuguj | a | a' | e | e' | i | i' | ' | j | g | l | m | n | o | o' | p | q | s | t | u | u' | w | y | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexicon | a | a: | e | e: | i | i: | ɨ | j | k | l | m | n | o | o: | p | q | s | t | u | u: | w | y | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacifique | a | e | i | tj | g | l | m | n | ô | p | s | t | o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rand | ă | a â | ĕ | ā | ĭ | e | ŭ | ch | c k | l | m | n | ŏ | o ō | b | h | s | d t | ŏŏ | oo u | w | y |
French (official language) English * Algonquin * Atikamekw * Abenaki * Cree * Malecite-Passamaquoddy * Míkmaq * Mohawk * Innu-aimun * Inuktitut | |