Norman Tasmanian language

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"Norman"
RegionUnidentified location in northeastern Tasmania
EthnicityUnidentified tribe of Tasmanians
Extinct19th century
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

A variety of aboriginal Tasmanian attested in a manuscript nicknamed the "Norman" vocabulary is identified as a distinct language in the reconstructions of Claire Bowern.[1] The list of 386 words was recorded in Sorell, Tasmania in the 19th century by one Charles Sterling.[2] The language was presumably spoken somewhere in the northeast of Tasmania, but the original location of the speakers was not recorded.

References

  1. ^ Bowern, Claire (2012). "The riddle of Tasmanian languages". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279 (1747): 4590–4595. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1842. PMC 3479735.
  2. ^ Bowern (2012), supplement