Port Sorell | |
Also Known As: | Port Sorell Tasmanian |
Region: | North-central coast of Tasmania |
Ethnicity: | Northern tribe of Tasmanians |
Extinct: | 19th century |
Familycolor: | australian |
Fam1: | Northern - Western Tasmanian? |
Fam2: | Northern Tasmanian |
Iso3: | xpl |
Aiatsis: | T13 |
Glotto: | none |
Glotto2: | port1278 |
Glottoname2: | included |
Glottorefname2: | Port Sorell |
Port Sorell is an extinct aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[1] It was spoken near Port Sorell, in the center of the north coast, just east of Northern Tasmanian proper. Dixon & Crowley agree that there is unlikely to be a close connection to other varieties of Tasmanian.[2]
Port Sorell Tasmanian is attested from two word lists: One of 268 words collected by Charles Robinson at Port Sorell, and another of only 77 words, the "Little Jemmie’s" vocabulary collected by George Augustus Robinson.[3]