"Norman" | |
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Region | Unidentified location in northeastern Tasmania |
Ethnicity | Unidentified tribe of Tasmanians |
Extinct | 19th century |
Northeastern Tasmanian
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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.