| Malecite-Passamaquoddy | ||
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| Spoken in | Canada; United States | |
| Region | New Brunswick; Maine | |
| Total speakers | 1,655 | |
| Language family | Algic
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | alg | |
| ISO 639-3 | pqm | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Malecite-Passamaquoddy (also known as Maliseet-Passamaquoddy) is an endangered Algonquian language. The language consists of two major dialects: Malecite mainly spoken in New Brunswick, Canada and Passamaquoddy in Maine, United States.[1] In both Canada and the U.S., most speakers are older adults.[2] Only 1500 speakers of both dialects combined remain alive. The younger generations cannot speak the language, in particular, the Passamaquoddy dialect.[1]
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| Bilabial | Dental | Lateral | Palatal | Post-alv. | Velar | Glottal | |
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| Obstruent | p [p] | t [t] | k [k] kw [kʷ] |
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| Fricative | s [s] | h [h] | |||||
| Affricate | c [ʧ] | ||||||
| Nasal | m [m] | n [n] | |||||
| Liquid | l [l] | ||||||
| Semi-vowel | w [w] | y [j] |
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| High | i [i] iː [iː] | ||
| Mid | e [e] eː [eː] | ǝ [ə] | o [o] oː [oː] |
| Low | a [a] aː [aː] |
   | Ethnologue entry for Malecite-Passamaquoddy - Ethnologue report for language code: pqm |
| | Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language - Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language (Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Language) |
| | Maliseet Vocabulary - Malisset Vocabulary Home Page |
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