Tommeginne language
Extinct Aboriginal language of Tasmania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Northern Tasmanian, or Tommeginne (Tommeeginnee), is an Aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[2]
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Tommeginne | |
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Northern Tasmanian | |
Region | North-central coast of Tasmania |
Ethnicity | Northern tribe of Tasmanians |
Extinct | 19th century |
NorthernāWestern Tasmanian?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xpv |
Glottolog | Noneport1278 included |
AIATSIS[1] | T1 |
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Northern Tasmanian is attested from word lists collected on Flinders Island by Joseph Milligan and published in 1857 & 1859. One, labeled "northwest tribes", contains 268[dubious ā discuss] words; the other, labeled "western tribes", contains 369.[3]