Northern Tasmanian languages
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Aboriginal languages of Northern Tasmania
Geographic
distributionNorth-central coast of Tasmania
distributionNorth-central coast of Tasmania
EthnicityNorthern tribe of Tasmanians
Linguistic classificationNorthern–Western Tasmanian?
- Northern Tasmanian
Subdivisions
- Northern (Tommeginne) †
- Port Sorell †
| Northern Tasmanian | |
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| Geographic distribution | North-central coast of Tasmania |
| Ethnicity | Northern tribe of Tasmanians |
| Linguistic classification | Northern–Western Tasmanian?
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| Glottolog | port1278 |
.png) Tasmanian language families per Bowern (2012).
Northern Tasmanian | |
Northern Tasmanian is an aboriginal language family of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[1]
Bayesian phylogenetic analysis suggests (at either p < 0.15 or p < 0.20) that two Northern Tasmanian languages (the Northern Tasmanian language and the Port Sorell language) are recorded in the 26 unmixed Tasmanian word lists (out of 35 lists known). Bayesian analysis does not support a connection to other Tasmanian languages. However, manual comparison suggests they are related to the Western Tasmanian languages, which are especially poorly attested, though the similarities may be due to loans.[2]
References
- ↑ Claire Bowern, September 2012, "The riddle of Tasmanian languages", Proc. R. Soc. B, 279, 4590–4595, doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1842
- ↑ Bowern (2012), supplement.
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