Darwin Region Languages
The Darwin Region languages are a language family, family of Australian Aboriginal languages of northern Australia proposed by linguist Mark Harvey. It unites the pair of Limilngan languages with two language isolates:Bowern, Claire. 2011.How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?, ''Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web'', December 23, 2011correctedFebruary 6, 2012) *Darwin Region **Laragiya language, Laragiya (nearly extinct) **Limilngan ***Limilngan language, Limilngan ***Wulna language, Wulna **Umbugarlic ***Umbugarla language, Umbugarla ***Ngurmbur language, Ngurmbur? ***Bugurnidja language, Bugurnidja? Ngurmbur language, Ngurmbur and Bugurnidja language, Bugurnidja are poorly attested extinct languages, which are joined with Umbugarla language, 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 ...
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