The BeothukLanguage is a language of unknown classification from Canada. SIL code: BUE. ISO 639-2: nai. Region: Newfoundland. Alternate names: BEOTHUC, BETHUCK, BETHUK, NEWFOUNDLAND, RED INDIANS. Comments: The theory that it was an Algonquian language is not accepted by all Algonquianists. Became extinct in 1829. Extinct.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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