Tyerrernotepanner language explained

Tyerrernotepanner
Also Known As:North Midland Tasmanian
Region:North-eastern Tasmania
Ethnicity:North Midland tribe of Tasmanians
Extinct:19th century
Familycolor:australian
Fam1:Northeastern Tasmanian
Iso3:xph
Aiatsis:T4
Glotto:neta1235
Glottorefname:NE Tasmanian Dialect Chain
Glottoname:overlap unclear

North Midland Tasmanian, or Tyerrernotepanner ("Cheranotipana"), was an Aboriginal language of northeastern Tasmania, along the Tamar River and inland of Ben Lomond and Great Oyster Bay.

Tyerrernotepanner is attested in the 125 words of the Port Dalrymple vocabulary collected by J.-P. Gaimard in the Tamar River region. It is most closely related to Northeastern Tasmanian, and Bowern considers it a variety of that language.[1] However, it was divergent, and Dixon & Crowley believe that it must have been a distinct language.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Claire Bowern, September 2012, "The riddle of Tasmanian languages", Proc. R. Soc. B, 279, 4590 - 4595, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1842
  2. Book: Crowley, T . Dixon, R. M. W. . 1981 . Tasmanian . Dixon, R. M. W. . Blake, B. J. . Handbook of Australian languages . Vol 2 . 394 - 421 . Canberra . Australian National University Press.