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.
| "Norman" | |
|---|---|
| Region | Unidentified location in northeastern Tasmania |
| Ethnicity | Unidentified tribe of Tasmanians |
| Extinct | 19th century |
Northeastern Tasmanian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bowern (2012), supplement
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