Norman Tasmanian language

"Norman"
Region	Unidentified location in northeastern Tasmania
Ethnicity	Unidentified tribe of Tasmanians
Extinct	19th century
Language family	Northeastern Tasmanian "Norman"
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	None

A variety of aboriginal Tasmanian attested in a manuscript nicknamed the "Norman" vocabulary is identified as a distinct language in the reconstructions of Claire Bowern.^[1] The list of 386 words was recorded in Sorell, Tasmania in the 19th century by one Charles Sterling.^[2] The language was presumably spoken somewhere in the northeast of Tasmania, but the original location of the speakers was not recorded.

References

↑ Claire Bowern, September 2012, "The riddle of Tasmanian languages", Proc. R. Soc. B, 279, 4590–4595, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1842
↑ Bowern (2012), supplement

Aboriginal anthropology in Tasmania

Aboriginal Tasmanians

Tasmanian tribes

Toogee

Aboriginal history

Tasmanian languages

Northern–Western	Tommeginne Port Sorell Peerapper Toogee

Northeastern	Pyemmairre Tyerrernotepanner "Norman" "Lhotsky/Blackhouse"

Eastern	Little Swanport Paredarerme Nuenonne Bruny Island

other	Palawa kani

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