Darwin Region languages facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Darwin Region
Geographic distribution:	from Darwin area to the West Alligator River
Linguistic classification:	Proposed language family.
Subdivisions:	Laragiya Limilngan Umbugarla
Darwin Region languages (red), among other non-Pama–Nyungan languages (grey).
Closeup. From west to east they are: Laragiya, Limilngan, and Umbugarlic.

The Darwin Region languages are a small family of poorly attested Australian Aboriginal languages of northern Australia proposed by linguist Mark Harvey. It unites the pair of Limilngan languages with two language isolates:

• Laragiya (nearly extinct)
• Limilngan:
  • Limilngan †
  • Wulna †
• Umbugarlic:
  • Umbugarla †
  • Ngurmbur?
  • Bugurnidja?

Ngurmbur and Bugurnidja are poorly attested extinct languages, which are joined with Umbugarla to form the Umbugarlic branch.

Tryon (2007) lists the following varieties of Umbugarla–Ngumbur:

Ngunbudj (Gonbudj), Umbugarla, Bugunidja, Ngarduk, Ngumbur.

However, nothing is known of Ngunbudj or Ngarduk, which were extinct by WWII.

See also

In Spanish: Lenguas de la región de Darwin para niños