Beothuk language
E1014505
The Beothuk language was an extinct indigenous language once spoken by the Beothuk people of Newfoundland, Canada, and is known today primarily through limited historical records and word lists.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amerindian language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicity | Beothuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | extinction of the Beothuk people ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
indigenous languages of Canada
ⓘ
indigenous languages of the North American Atlantic coast ⓘ |
| classificationIssue | genetic affiliation uncertain ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalContext | pre-contact Newfoundland indigenous cultures ⓘ |
| documentationLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| extinctionCause | colonial violence and disease (indirectly via people’s extinction) ⓘ |
| extinctionPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| geographicContext | Atlantic Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Beothukan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skraeling language (historical misidentification) ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | beot1238 ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalInformation | very limited ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInformation | limited vocabulary lists ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticDataType |
personal names
ⓘ
place names ⓘ short phrases ⓘ word lists ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalInformation | partially reconstructable ⓘ |
| hasToponymicLegacy | survives in some Newfoundland place names ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfUse | pre-contact era to 19th century ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | bue ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
early European accounts
ⓘ
historical records ⓘ word lists ⓘ |
| languageFamily | unclassified language family ⓘ |
| lastSpeakers | died in 19th century ⓘ |
| linguisticTypologyStatus | insufficiently described ⓘ |
| possibleRelation | Algonquian languages (hypothesized) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructionStatus | partially reconstructable vocabulary ⓘ |
| region | island of Newfoundland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchChallenge | scarcity of primary data ⓘ |
| researchField |
historical linguistics
ⓘ
language documentation ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Beothuk people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Newfoundland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no native writing system ⓘ |
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