Bruny Island Tasmanian language
Bruny Island Tasmanian, or Nuenonne ("Nyunoni"), a name shared with Southeast Tasmanian, is an Aboriginal language or pair of languages of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern. It was spoken on Bruny Island, off the southeastern coast of Tasmania, by the Bruny tribe.
| Bruny Island | |
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| Nuenonne | |
| Region | Bruny Island, Tasmania |
| Ethnicity | Bruny tribe of Tasmanians |
| Extinct | perhaps 8 May 1876, with the death of Truganini |
Eastern Tasmanian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xpz |
| Glottolog | brun1235 |
| AIATSIS | T5 (includes SE Tasmanian) |
Bruny Island Tasmanian is attested in a list of 986 words collected by Joseph Milligan (published 1857 & 1859); in 515 words collected by George Augustus Robinson; in 273 words from Charles Sterling; and in 111 words from R.A. Roberts (published 1828). The Milligan vocabulary is divergent, and falls out as a distinct language when the lists are compared at p < 0.15, though it falls together with the rest of the island at a looser criterion of p < 0.20.
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