Darwin Region languages
The Darwin Region languages are a small family of poorly attested Australian Aboriginal languages of northern Australia proposed by linguist Mark Harvey. It unites the pair of Limilngan languages with two language isolates:[4]
- Laragiya (nearly extinct)
- Limilngan:
- Umbugarlic:
| Darwin Region | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | from Darwin area to the West Alligator River |
| Linguistic classification | Proposed language family. |
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | None lara1258 (Laragia)[1] limi1242 (Limilngan-Wulna)[2] umbu1235 (Umbugarla)[3] |
 Darwin Region languages (red), among other non-Pama–Nyungan languages (grey). | |
.png) Closeup. From west to east they are: Laragiya, Limilngan, and Umbugarlic. | |
Ngurmbur and Bugurnidja are poorly attested extinct languages, which are joined with Umbugarla to form the Umbugarlic branch.
Tryon (2007) lists the following varieties of Umbugarla–Ngumbur:
- Ngunbudj (Gonbudj), Umbugarla, Bugunidja, Ngarduk, Ngumbur.
However, nothing is known of Ngunbudj or Ngarduk, which were extinct by WWII.
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Laragia". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Limilngan-Wulna". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Umbugarla". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
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