| Peerapper | |
| Also Known As: | Northwestern Tasmanian |
| Region: | North-western coast of Tasmania |
| Ethnicity: | Northwestern tribe of Tasmanians |
| Extinct: | 19th century |
| Familycolor: | australian |
| Fam1: | Northern - Western Tasmanian? |
| Fam2: | Western Tasmanian |
| Dia1: | West Point? |
| Iso3: | xpw |
| Glotto: | none |
| Glotto2: | west2205 |
| Glottoname2: | included |
| Glottorefname2: | Western Coastal Tasmanian |
| Aiatsis: | T3 |
| Aiatsisname: | North-western (Tasmania) |
| Aiatsis2: | T6 |
| Aiatsisname2: | Macquarie Harbour |
| Aiatsis3: | T11 |
| Aiatsisname3: | Robbins Island |
| Aiatsis4: | T12 |
| Aiatsisname4: | Circular Head |
Northwestern Tasmanian, or Peerapper ("Pirapa"), is an Aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[1] It was spoken along the west coast of the island, from Macquarie Harbour north to Circular Head and Robbins Island.
Northwestern Tasmanian is poorly attested from four word lists: The "west coast" vocabularies of Charles Robinson and George Augustus Robinson, with 246 words combined; the Robbins Island list of George Augustus Robinson, with 162 words; and the Macquarie Harbour vocabularies of Allan Cunningham (222 words), collected in 1819.[2]
The list collected by George Augustus Robinson at West Point ("Western Tribes") is divergent, and falls out as a separate language in Bowern. However, it includes only 28 words, so little can be definitively said.