Extinct 19th century | ISO 639-3 None (mis) | |
Region North-central coast of Tasmania Ethnicity Northern tribe of Tasmanians Language family Northern–Western Tasmanian?
Northern Tasmanian
Port Sorell Glottolog None
port1278 (included) | ||
Port Sorell is an aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern. It was spoken near Port Sorell, in the center of the north coast, just east of Northern Tasmanian proper. Dixon & Crowley agree that there is unlikely to be a close connection to other varieties of Tasmanian.
Port Sorell Tasmanian is attested from two word lists: One of 268 words collected by Charles Robinson at Port Sorell, and another of only 77 words, the "Little Jemmie’s" vocabulary collected by George Augustus Robinson.
References
Port Sorell language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA