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Little Swanport language

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Little Swanport
Regionregion of Little Swanport, eastern Tasmania
EthnicityOyster Bay tribe of Tasmanians
Extinct19th century
Eastern Tasmanian
  • Oyster Bay
    • Little Swanport
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
oyst1235  (Oyster Bay + Little Swanport)
AIATSIS[1]T15

Little Swanport Tasmanian is an aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[2] It was spoken near the modern town of Little Swanport on the east coast. Dixon & Crowley had noted that it appeared to be distinct, but were not sure if it constituted a separate language from other word lists collected near Oyster Bay.[3]

The Little Swanport language is attested in a list of 211 words collected by George Augustus Robinson.[4]

References

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  1. ^ T15 Little Swanport at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Claire Bowern, September 2012, "The riddle of Tasmanian languages", Proc. R. Soc. B, 279, 4590–4595, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1842
  3. ^ Crowley, T; Dixon, R. M. W. (1981). "Tasmanian". In Dixon, R. M. W.; Blake, B. J. (eds.). Handbook of Australian languages. Vol 2. Canberra: Australian National University Press. pp. 394–421.
  4. ^ Bowern (2012), supplement