| Northern Tasmanian | |
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| Geographic distribution | North-central coast ofTasmania |
| Ethnicity | Northern tribe ofTasmanians |
| Linguistic classification | Northern–Western Tasmanian?
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| Glottolog | port1278 |
.png) Tasmanian language families per Bowern (2012). Northern Tasmanian | |
Northern Tasmanian is an aboriginallanguage family ofTasmania in the reconstruction ofClaire Bowern.[1]
Bayesian phylogenetic analysis suggests (at either p < 0.15 or p < 0.20) that two Northern Tasmanian languages (theNorthern Tasmanian language and thePort Sorell language) are recorded in the 26 unmixed Tasmanian word lists (out of 35 lists known). Bayesian analysis does not support a connection to other Tasmanian languages. However, manual comparison suggests they are related to theWestern Tasmanian languages, which are especially poorly attested, though the similarities may be due to loans.[2]