Beothuk

Speech parts

1. Beothuk - Noun

2. Beothuk - Proper noun

Meaning

Beothuk (plural Beothuks or Beothuk)

(ethnology) A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.

Beothuk

(linguistics) The extinct language of these people.

Examples

In 1827, William Cormack led an expedition to central Newfoundland to try and make contact with the Beothuk. Source: Internet

Geneticists have suggested that some Icelanders may carry Beothuk DNA, which has been passed down matrilineally over the centuries. Source: Internet

He is currently completing a master’s degree at the University of British Columbia Okanagan with a focus on Mi’kmaq and Beothuk visual culture. Source: Internet

One living person in Tennessee even proved to be an exact genetic match to Nonosabasut, one of the last remaining Beothuk, who was killed by the English settler John Peyton Jr in 1819. Source: Internet

Because the Beothuk people were faced with starvation, they were forced to steal from the colonists. Source: Internet

The Mi'kmaq Nation is also assumed to have crossed the present-day Cabot Strait at around this time to settle on the south coast of Newfoundland but were in a minority position compared to the Beothuk Nation. Source: Internet

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