Beothuk
Beothuk was a language isolate once spoken in Canada.
An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.
Beothuk ( or ), also called Beothukan, is an extinct language isolate once spoken by the indigenous Beothuk people of Newfoundland. The Beothuk have been extinct since 1829, and there are few written accounts of their language. Hence, little is known about it, with practically no structural data existing for Beothuk.
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Words in Beothuk
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Sawd8arut* | |
| eye | gwi5a* | |
| ear | mismu8* | |
| nose | gen* | |
| tooth | ou8ermay* | |
| tongue | memaza* | |
| hand | memen* | |
| blood | arowbau8* | |
| bone | aenamen* | |
| knee | hodsmiSit* | |
| breast | bogomot* | |
| water | ebanthoo | |
| fire | korae* | |
| sun | dewis* | |
| star | souSze8* | |
| stone | ougen* | |
| mountain | kasok* | |
| tree | anoe* | |
| leaf | madyua* | |
| night | waSew* | |
| dog | mamasamet* | |
| fish | popusrout* | |
| louse | cusebe* | |
| one | yaseek | |
| two | adasic* | |
| drink | eba8ok* | |
| see | ejew* | |
| hear | noduera* | |
| come | touet* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Eastern FrisianIndo-European10% alike
- WogeoAustronesian10% alike
- MpadeAfro-Asiatic9% alike
- BudumaAfro-Asiatic8% alike
- Northern ToussianAtlantic-Congo8% alike
- Yucatec MayaMayan7% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · beot1247 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bue