Beothuk

The Beothuk (/biːˈɒtək/ or /ˈbeɪ.əθʊk/; also spelled Beothuck)^[1]^[2] were a group of Indigenous people who lived on the island of Newfoundland.^[3]

The Beothuk culture formed around AD 1500. This may have been the most recent cultural manifestation of peoples who first migrated from Labrador to present-day Newfoundland around AD 1. The ancestors of this group had three earlier cultural phases, each lasting approximately 500 years.^[4]

^ "Dictionary of Newfoundland English (also known by the Mikmaq as the Pi'tawkewaq = up river people, from the mikmaq word pi'tawasi = going up river)". Heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
^ Mithun, Marianne (2001). The Languages of Native North America (First paperback ed.). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 368. ISBN 0-521-23228-7.
^ Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford University Press. pp. 155, 290. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
^ Marshall, 1996, p. 7–10.

[1] "Dictionary of Newfoundland English (also known by the Mikmaq as the Pi'tawkewaq = up river people, from the mikmaq word pi'tawasi = going up river)". Heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved February 11, 2016.

[2] Mithun, Marianne (2001). The Languages of Native North America (First paperback ed.). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 368. ISBN 0-521-23228-7.

[3] Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford University Press. pp. 155, 290. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.

[4] Marshall, 1996, p. 7–10.

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