Port Sorell language

Extinct aboriginal language of Tasmania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Port Sorell is an extinct aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[2] It was spoken near Port Sorell, in the center of the north coast, just east of Northern Tasmanian proper. Dixon & Crowley agree that there is unlikely to be a close connection to other varieties of Tasmanian.[3]

RegionNorth-central coast of Tasmania
EthnicityNorthern tribe of Tasmanians
Extinct19th century
NorthernWestern Tasmanian?
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Port Sorell
Port Sorell Tasmanian
RegionNorth-central coast of Tasmania
EthnicityNorthern tribe of Tasmanians
Extinct19th century
NorthernWestern Tasmanian?
Language codes
ISO 639-3xpl
Glottologport1278
AIATSIS[1]T13
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Port Sorell Tasmanian is attested from two word lists: One of 268[dubious discuss] words collected by Charles Robinson at Port Sorell, and another of only 77 words, the "Little Jemmie’s" vocabulary collected by George Augustus Robinson.[4]

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