Tommeginne language explained

Tommeginne
Also Known As:Northern 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:xpv
Glotto:none
Glotto2:port1278
Glottoname2:included
Glottorefname2:Port Sorell
Aiatsis:T1

Northern Tasmanian, or Tommeginne (Tommeeginnee), is an Aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[1]

Northern Tasmanian is attested from word lists collected on Flinders Island by Joseph Milligan and published in 1857 & 1859. One, labeled "northwest tribes", contains 268 words; the other, labeled "western tribes", contains 369.[2]

Notes and References

  1. [Claire Bowern]
  2. Bowern (2012), supplement