| Port Sorell | |
|---|---|
| Port Sorell Tasmanian | |
| Region | North-central coast ofTasmania |
| Ethnicity | Northern tribe ofTasmanians |
| Extinct | 19th century |
Northern–Western Tasmanian?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xpl |
| Glottolog | Noneport1278 included |
| AIATSIS[1] | T13 |
Port Sorell is an extinctaboriginal language ofTasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[2] It was spoken nearPort Sorell, in the center of the north coast, just east ofNorthern Tasmanian proper. Dixon & Crowley agree that there is unlikely to be a close connection to other varieties of Tasmanian.[3]
Port Sorell Tasmanian is attested from two word lists: One of 268[dubious –discuss] words collected by Charles Robinson at Port Sorell, and another of only 77 words, the "Little Jemmie’s" vocabulary collected byGeorge Augustus Robinson.[4]