Northern Tasmanian languages


Northern Tasmanian is an aboriginal language family of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.

Languages

Bayesian phylogenetic analysis suggests that two Northern Tasmanian languages are recorded in the 26 unmixed Tasmanian word lists. Bayesian analysis does not support a connection to other Tasmanian languages. However, manual comparison suggests they are related to the Western Tasmanian languages, which are especially poorly attested, though the similarities may be due to loans.