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Welcome to the Mi'gmaq language wiki!

This wiki aims to provide a snapshot of some of the current topics in describing the grammar of Mi'gmaq that McGill linguists are working on with members of the Listuguj community. It is still a work in progress, so nothing here should be taken as the final word on the language, although we are doing our best to make it as accurate as possible. If you see an error, we are very happy to fix it, so please contact us through the blog or if you have an account feel free to fix it yourself! If you know something about Mi'gmaq and would like to contribute to the wiki, you can create an account using the link at the top right corner of the screen, although we would also love to hear from you in person. Please be aware that anything that is submitted to the wiki may be edited by other contributors.

Mi'gmaq is an Eastern Algonquian language spoken in eastern Canada. For more information, see the article Background. There are several different ways of writing down Mi'gmaq. This wiki uses the Listuguj orthography, but a description of the various possible writing systems can be found in the Spelling article. A list of glosses used on this wiki can be found on the Glosses page. There are various resources online which provide definitions of basic linguistic terminology, for example this glossary of linguistic terms; see the "Linguistics Online" sidebar of the blog for more info.

Many of the articles in this wiki build on class projects that were developed as part of a class wiki for a field methods course on Mi'gmaq in Fall 2011 at McGill. Currently available and projected topics are listed below.

Background information

• Background
• Person and number
• Animacy
• Obviation

Sounds and spelling

• Spelling
  • Writing Schwa
  • Long and Short Vowels
• Stress

Verbs

• Verbs
• VAI Intransitive Animate Verbs
• VII Intransitive Inanimate Verbs
• VTA Transitive Animate Verbs
• VTI Transitive Inanimate Verbs
• Verb stems (initials, medials & finals)
• Person & Number marking
• Mode
• Tense
• Aspect
• Negation
• Preverbs

Nouns

• Animacy
• Pronouns
• Nouns
• Forming Nouns from Verbs
• Possession
• Noun Classes

Other

• Discourse Particles
• Questions
• Word order

Mi'gmaq Language Resources

• The blog associated with this wiki, for project updates and more language-related links
• Mikmaq Online, which includes an online dictionary

General Wiki Resources

• List of Abbreviations
• Style Guide
• How to do Citations
• Wiki gloss extension

• Consult User's Guide for information on using the wiki software
• MediaWiki FAQ