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Micmac

noun
1.
A member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.  Synonym: Mikmaq.
2.
The Algonquian language of the Micmac.





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... American languages, such as the Zoque, display the tendency to energetic synthesis;[6-3] while many of them carry the incorporative quality to such a degree that the sentence becomes one word, a good example of which is the Micmac.[6-4] Some American and French writers have misunderstood the nature of this trait, and have denied it; but the student who acquaints himself thoroughly with the authors above mentioned, will ...
— A Record of Study in Aboriginal American Languages • Daniel G. Brinton


Words linked to "Micmac" :   Algonquin, Algonquian, Algonquian language


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