Little Swanport Tasmanian is an
aboriginal language of
Tasmania
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in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.
[Claire Bowern, September 2012, "The riddle of Tasmanian languages", ''Proc. R. Soc. B'', 279, 4590–4595, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1842] 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.
The Little Swanport language is attested in a list of 211 words collected by
George Augustus Robinson
George Augustus Robinson (22 March 1791 – 18 October 1866) was a British-born colonial official and self-trained preacher in colonial Australia. In 1824, Robinson travelled to Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land, where he attempted to negotiate ...
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[Bowern (2012), supplement]
References
Eastern Tasmanian languages
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