Editing Beothuk language (section)

==Comparison with Proto-Algonquian==
Below is a comparison of Beothuk words from Hewson (1978) with [[Proto-Algonquian]] lexical reconstructions from Hewson (2017).<ref>Hewson, John. 2017. ''[https://protoalgonquian.atlas-ling.ca/ Proto-Algonquian online dictionary]''. Algonquian Dictionaries Project.</ref>

:{| class="wikitable sortable"
! gloss !! Proto-Algonquian !! Beothuk
|-
! head
| *wiᐧši (his) || keawthaw; geothuk; keauthut, gonothun
|-
! hair
| *wiᐧΘeʔsi || donna; drummet; drone-oock; dronna
|-
! eye
| *neškiᐧnšekwi (my) || geegnyan; gwinya
|-
! ear
| *nehtaᐧwakaᐧyi (my) || mismuth; mootchiman; mooshaman
|-
! nose
| *nexkiwani (my) || g(h)een
|-
! tooth
| *niᐧpiči (my) || outhermay
|-
! tongue
| *wiᐧΘani (his) || memaza; mamadthuk (cf. mouth); memasuck
|-
! mouth
| *wetoᐧni (his) || mamudthun; mameshook
|-
! hand
| *neΘenčyi (my) || memen (hands or fingers); maelmed; memet
|-
! foot
| *nesiči (my) || hodwitch; adyouth (cf. leg)
|-
! breast
| *wetoᐧhšali || bemoot; bogomot
|-
! meat
| *wiᐧyawehsi || ashauch
|-
! blood
| *meçkwi || ashaboouth; arrowbauth; izzobauth, iggobauth
|-
! bone
| *weΘkani || aenameen
|-
! person
| *elenyiwa; *naᐧpeᐧwa; *niᐧmaΘawa || shawdtharut
|-
! dog
| *aΘemwa || mammasamit; mammasameet
|-
! fish
| *nameᐧwa, *nameᐧʔsa; *mesaya || poopusrout; baubooshrat
|-
! louse
| *ehkwa || cusebee; kusebeet
|-
! tree
| *-aᐧhtekw || annooee
|-
! leaf
| *aniᐧpyi || madyua; madyna
|-
! water
| *nepyi || ebauthoo; ebadoe
|-
! fire
| *eškweteᐧwi || koorae; oodrat; boobeeshawt (cf. lightning); woodrat
|-
! stone
| *aʔsenya || ou(ge)n; ahune 'rocks'
|}