Little Swanport | |
Region: | region of Little Swanport, eastern Tasmania |
Ethnicity: | Oyster Bay tribe of Tasmanians |
Extinct: | 19th century |
Familycolor: | australian |
Fam1: | Eastern Tasmanian |
Fam2: | Oyster Bay |
Iso3: | none |
Aiatsis: | T15 |
Glotto: | none |
Glotto2: | oyst1235 |
Glottoname2: | (Oyster Bay + Little Swanport) |
Glottorefname2: | Oyster Bay-Big River-Little Swanport |
Little Swanport Tasmanian is an aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[1] 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.[2]
The Little Swanport language is attested in a list of 211 words collected by George Augustus Robinson.[3]