Darwin Region languages
| Darwin Region | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | from Darwin area to the West Alligator River |
| Linguistic classification | Proposed language family. |
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | None lara1258 (Laragia) limi1242 (Limilngan-Wulna) umbu1235 (Umbugarla) |
 Darwin Region languages (red), among other non-Pama–Nyungan languages (grey). | |
 Closeup. From west to east they are: Laragiya, Limilngan, and Umbugarlic. | |
The Darwin Region languages are a small family of poorly attested Australian Aboriginal languages of northern Australia proposed by linguist Mark Harvey[citation needed]. It unites the pair of Limilngan languages with two language isolates:[1]
- Laragiya (nearly extinct)
- Limilngan:
- Limilngan †
- Wulna †
- Umbugarlic:
- Umbugarla †
- Ngurmbur?
- Bugurnidja?
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 WWII.
References[]
- ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
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