▁to ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁W amp ano ag ▁people ▁were ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁earth ' s ▁rotation ▁around ▁an ▁un mov ing ▁sun ; ▁however , ▁in ▁Mi <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> k ma q , ▁both ▁the ▁word ▁for ▁" sun ", ▁na <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> gu <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> set , ▁and ▁the ▁word ▁for ▁" ear th ", ▁u gs <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> t q am u , ▁are ▁animate , ▁and ▁parallel ▁cultural ▁knowledge ▁regarding ▁astronom y ▁cannot ▁be ▁g lean ed ▁through ▁the ▁language . ▁Much ▁like ▁gram mat ical ▁gender , ▁the ▁core ▁concept ▁of ▁anim acy ▁is ▁shared ▁across ▁similar ▁languages ▁while ▁the ▁exact ▁con not ations ▁anim acy ▁has ▁within ▁Mi <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> k ma q ▁are ▁unique . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁Ac ad ian ▁French ▁words ▁are ▁root ed ▁from ▁the ▁Mi ' k ma q ▁Language , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁Ac ad ians ▁and ▁Mik ' ma q ▁living ▁together ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁Exp ulsion ▁of ▁the ▁Ac ad ians ▁and ▁the ▁British ▁colon ization ▁of ▁Ac ad ia , ▁in ▁French - spe aking ▁areas , ▁traces ▁of ▁Mi <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> k ma q ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁found ▁largely ▁in ▁ge ographical ▁names ▁within ▁regions ▁histor ically ▁that ▁were ▁occupied ▁by ▁the ▁Mi <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> k ma q ▁people , ▁including ▁Quebec ▁and ▁several ▁towns ▁in ▁Nova ▁Scot ia ▁such ▁as ▁Ant ig on ish ▁and ▁Sh uben ac ad ie . ▁Moreover , ▁several ▁Mi <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> k