banake

Updated: August 11, 2026

The language of the Boeothicks, Mr. Cormack is of opinion, is different from all the languages of the neighbouring tribes of Indians with which any comparison has been made. The Boeothick also differs from the Mountaineer or Esquimaux language of Labrador. The Micmac, Mountaineer, and Banake, have no "r." The Boeothick has; the three first use "l" instead of "r."

Joseph Noad - Lecture on the Aborigines of Newfoundland : Delivered Before the Mechanics' Institute, at St. John's, : Newfoundland, on Monday, 17th January, 1859