Darwin Region languages

Updated on Dec 11, 2024

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Geographicdistribution: Darwin, Australia

Linguistic classification: One of the world's primary language families Subdivisions: LaragiyaLimilnganUmbugarla Glottolog: Nonelara1258 (Laragia)limi1242 (Limilngan)umbu1259 (Umbugarlic)

The Darwin Region languages are a small family of poorly attested Australian Aboriginal languages of northern Australia proposed by Mark Harvey. It unites the pair of Limilngan languages with two language isolates:

Laragiya (nearly extinct)

Limilngan: Limilngan (†), Wulna (nearly extinct)

Umbugarlic: Umbugarla (†), ?Ngurmbur (†), ?Bugurnidja

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 WWII.

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