Port Sorell is an extinct aboriginal languageofTasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.[2] It was spoken near Port Sorell, in the center of the north coast, just east of Northern Tasmanian proper. Dixon & Crowley agree that there is unlikely to be a close connection to other varieties of Tasmanian.[3]
| Port Sorell | |
|---|---|
| Port Sorell Tasmanian | |
| Region | North-central coast of Tasmania |
| Ethnicity | Northern tribe of Tasmanians |
| Extinct | 19th century |
Northern–Western Tasmanian?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xpl |
| Glottolog | Noneport1278 included |
| AIATSIS[1] | T13 |
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 by George Augustus Robinson.[4]