Little Swanport language
Aboriginal language of Tasmania
Little Swanport | |
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Region | region of Little Swanport, eastern Tasmania |
Ethnicity | Oyster Bay tribe of Tasmanians |
Extinct | 19th century |
Language family | Eastern Tasmanian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | Noneoyst1235 (Oyster Bay + Little Swanport) |
AIATSIS[1] | T15 |
Little Swanport Tasmanian is an aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[2] It was spoken near the modern town of Little Swanport on the east coast. Dixon & Crowley had noted that it appeared to be distinct, but were not sure if it constituted a separate language from other word lists collected near Oyster Bay.[3]
The Little Swanport language is attested in a list of 211 words collected by George Augustus Robinson.[4]
References
- ^ T15 Little Swanport at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Claire Bowern, September 2012, "The riddle of Tasmanian languages", Proc. R. Soc. B, 279, 4590–4595, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1842
- ^ Crowley, T; Dixon, R. M. W. (1981). "Tasmanian". In Dixon, R. M. W.; Blake, B. J. (eds.). Handbook of Australian languages. Vol 2. Canberra: Australian National University Press. pp. 394–421.
- ^ Bowern (2012), supplement
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