Darwin Region languages
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The Darwin Region languages are a family of Australian Aboriginal languages of northern Australia proposed by linguist Mark HarveyScript error: No such module "Unsubst".. It unites the pair of Limilngan languages with two language isolates:[1]
- Darwin Region
- Laragiya (nearly extinct)
- Limilngan
- Umbugarlic
Ngurmbur and Bugurnidja are poorly attested extinct languages, which are joined with Umbugarla to form the Umbugarlic branch.
Tryon (2007) lists the following varieties of Umbugarla–Ngumbur:
- Ngunbudj (Gonbudj), Umbugarla, Bugunidja, Ngarduk, Ngumbur.
However, nothing is known of Ngunbudj or Ngarduk, which were extinct by World War II.
References
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- ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)