Language family of Tasmania
Western Tasmanian Ethnicity Northwestern and Southwestern tribes of Tasmanians Geographic distribution Western coast and northwestern corner of Tasmania Linguistic classification Northern–Western Tasmanian ?Subdivisions
Northwestern (Peerapper)
? West Point
? Southwestern (Toogee)
Glottolog west2205 Tasmanian language families per Bowern (2012).
Western Tasmanian
Western Tasmanian is an aboriginal language family of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[1]
Languages [ ]
The Western Tasmanian languages are the most poorly attested of all Tasmanian families. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis suggests (at either p < 0.15 or p < 0.20) that Northwestern Tasmanian and Southwestern Tasmanian were distinct languages; several word lists of unrecorded provenance turn out to be Western Tasmanian or to have Western words mixed in. Bayesian analysis does not support a connection to other Tasmanian languages. However, manual comparison suggests they are related to the Northern Tasmanian languages , which are less poorly attested, though the similarities may be due to loans.[2]
Between the region inhabited by Western language groups and other Tasmanian language groups, there is a large strip of land in the western interior where no information has been found or published regarding possible inhabitants. This area has been mapped as having isolated the Western language groups from the rest of Tasmania except by small shared borders along the north and south coasts,[1] or on one shared border along the south coast only.[3]
References [ ]
^ a b Claire Bowern, September 2012, "The riddle of Tasmanian languages", Proc. R. Soc. B , 279, 4590–4595, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1842
^ Bowern (2012), supplement.
^ Aboriginal Australia map , published by Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, Canberra, 1994
Primary language families
Africa
Isolates
Bangime
Hadza
Jalaa
Sandawe
Laal ?
Shabo ?
Europe and Asia
Afroasiatic
Ainu
Austroasiatic
Austronesian
Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Dravidian
Eskimo–Aleut
Great Andamanese
Hmong–Mien
Hurro-Urartian
Indo-European
Japonic
Kartvelian
Koreanic
Kra–Dai
Mongolic
Nivkh
Northeast Caucasian
Northwest Caucasian
Ongan
Sino-Tibetan
Tungusic
Turkic
Tyrsenian
Uralic
Yeniseian
Yukaghir
Digaro ?
Hrusish ?
Kho-Bwa ?
Miju ?
Siangic ?
Isolates
Basque
Burushaski
Elamite
Hattic
Kusunda
Nihali
Sumerian
New Guinea and the Pacific
Isolates
Abinomn
Abun
Anêm ?
Ata ?
Kol
Kuot
Maybrat
Mpur
Pawaia
Porome
Sulka ?
Taiap ?
Tambora
Wiru
Australia
North America
Algic
Alsea
Caddoan
Chimakuan
Chinookan
Chumashan
Comecrudan
Coosan
Eskimo–Aleut
Iroquoian
Kalapuyan
Keresan
Maiduan
Muskogean
Na-Dene
Palaihnihan
Plateau Penutian
Pomoan
Salishan
Shastan
Siouan
Tanoan
Tsimshianic
Utian
Uto-Aztecan
Wakashan
Wintuan
Yukian
Yuman–Cochimí
Isolates
Chimariko
Esselen
Haida
Karuk
Kutenai
Seri
Siuslaw
Takelma
Timucua
Waikuri
Washo
Yana
Yokuts
Yuchi
Zuni
Mesoamerica
South America
Isolates (extant in 2000)
Sign languages
Isolates
See list of sign languages
See also Families in italics have no living members. Families with more than 30 languages are in bold .
Australian Aboriginal languages
Pama–Nyungan subgroups
Southeastern Northern Central Western others
Tangkic
Lardil (register: Damin )
Kayardild
Yukulta (Ganggalida, Nyangga)
Mingginda (Minkin)
Garrwan
Garawa (Garrwa, north)
Waanyi (Wanji, south)
Gunindiri (Kurnindirri, southwest)
Macro-Gunwinyguan ?
Maningrida Marran Gunwinyguan proper
Western Central
Bininj Kunwok (Kunwinjku, Gunwinggu)
Kunbarlang
Dalabon (Ngalkbun)
Eastern
Yangmanic –Wagiman ?other isolates
Iwaidjan Marrku–Wurrugu ?Darwin Region ?
Limilngan–Wulna? Umbugarlic
Daly River Sprachbund
Mirndi
Jarrakan
Kija
Miriwoong
Gajirrawoong
Bunuban Worrorran
Wunambal (Northern)
Ngarinyin (Eastern)
Worrorra (Western)
Nyulnyulan
Western (Nyulnyulic) Eastern (Dyukun)
isolates Tasmanian family-level groups
Aboriginal anthropology in Tasmania
Aboriginal Tasmanians
Dolly Dalrymple
Wauba Debar
Daniel Geale
William Lanne
Luggenemenener
Mannalargenna
Michael Mansell
Fanny Cochrane Smith
Truganini
Tasmanian tribes Aboriginal history
Black War
Cape Grim massacre
Tasmanian languages
See also: List of Indigenous Australian group names
By state or territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Western region of Tasmania , Australia
Cities and other settlements
Crotty
Darwin
Dundas
Gormanston
Guildford
Linda
Pillinger
Regatta Point
Rosebery
Strahan
Tullah
Waratah
Williamsford
Zeehan
Governance Mountains
National parks
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
Rivers
Anne
Anthony
Franklin
Gordon
Henty
King
Lea
Mackintosh
Murchison
Pieman
Queen
Sophia
Lakes
Beatrice
Burbury
Dora
Gordon
Mackintosh
Margaret
Murchison
Pieman
Rosebery
Westwood
Dams Power stations
Anthony Power Development
Bastyan
Gordon
John Butters
Lake Margaret
Mackintosh
Reece
Tribute
Transport
Anthony Road
Hercules Haulage
Lyell Highway
Murchison Highway
Queenstown Airport
Strahan Airport
Railways Locomotives and rolling stock Railway stations and former railway stations
Queenstown
Regatta Point
Zeehan
Landmarks
Natural
Birchs Inlet
Cape Sorell
Darwin Crater
Granville Harbour
Hells Gates
Iron Blow
Kelly Basin
Linda Valley
Macquarie Harbour
Montezuma Falls
Nelson Falls
Ocean Beach
Trial Harbour
Man-made
Cape Sorell Lighthouse
Galley Museum
Queenstown Oval
People of note
Convicts on the West Coast
Crotty
Davey
Gould
Joyce
Long
Moore
Pearce
Piguenit
Piners
Rae
Sticht
Whitham
Mining
Comstock Mine
Copper Mines
Henty Gold Mine
Mount Jukes Mine sites
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program
North Mount Lyell
North Mount Lyell Disaster (1912)
Renison Bell
Stichtite
West Coast Tasmania Mines
Books and newspapers Other
South West region of Tasmania , Australia
Settlements Governance
Braddon (federal)
Franklin (federal)
Braddon (state)
Franklin (state)
Derwent Valley Council
Huon Valley Council
West Coast Council
Mountains
Protected areas, parks and reserves
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
Melaleuca to Birchs Inlet Important Bird Area
Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve
Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area
Southwest National Park
South West Wilderness
Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
Rivers
Anne
Davey
Franklin
Gordon
Huon
Serpentine
Spero
Lakes Lake Pedder controversy
Gordon
Pedder
Lake Pedder Action Committee
United Tasmania Group
DamsFranklin controversy
Edgar
Gordon
Scotts Peak
Serpentine
Harbours, bays, inlets and estuaries Coastal features
High Rocky Point
Low Rocky Point
Point Hibbs
South Coast
South West Cape
Power stations Transport Railways
Great Western Railway (proposed never constructed)
Landmarks
Natural Man-made
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse
Port Davey Track
South Coast Track
People of note
Bob Brown
Peter Dombrovskis
Helen Gee
James Goodwin
Brenda Hean
Richard Jones
Deny King
Eric Reece
Olegas Truchanas
T. B. Moore
Islands Breaksea
Fitzroy
Kathleen
Main
Mavourneen
Munday
North
Maatsuyker (group)
Chicken
De Witt
Flat Top
Flat Witch
Hen
Ile du Golfe
Louisa
Maatsuyker (island)
Needles
Round Top
Walker
Western Rocks
Swainson (group)
Big Caroline
Hay
Lourah
Shanks
Swainson
Mutton Bird (group)
East Pyramids
Mutton Bird Island
Mutton Bird Islet (southeast)
Mutton Bird Islet (southwest)
Sugarloaf
Sugarmouse
Wendar
Wild Wind
Pedra Branca Trumpeter
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