Beothuk

extinct language of the Beothuk people
Intangible extinct_language Q56234
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Beothuk

Summary

Beothuk is an extinct language[1]. Beothuk draws 111 Wikipedia views per month (extinct_language category, ranking #18 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beothuk is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Beothuk's instance of is recorded as extinct language[4].
  • Beothuk's instance of is recorded as unwritten language[5].
  • Beothuk's instance of is recorded as dead language[6].
  • Beothuk is a type of Indigenous languages of the Americas[7].
  • Beothuk was dissolved in 1801[8].
  • Beothuk's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 48, 'lon': -57}[9].
  • Beothuk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beothuk language[10].
  • Beothuk's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[11].
  • Beothuk's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BUE[12].
  • Beothuk's linguistic typology is recorded as language isolate[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include extinct language[4], unwritten language[5], and dead language[6]. Beothuk is a type of Indigenous languages of the Americas[7].

Why It Matters

Beothuk draws 111 Wikipedia views per month (extinct_language category, ranking #18 of 59).[2] Beothuk has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Beothuk is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wals.info. wals.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Dissolved
    Country Canada
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date +1801-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283130005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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