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
Tommeginne Glottolog None
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Northern Tasmanian, or Tommeginne (Tommeeginnee), is an aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.
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 words; the other, labeled "western tribes", contains 369.
References
Tommeginne language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA