Darwin Region languages

Darwin Region
Geographic; distribution:	Darwin, Australia
Linguistic classification:	One of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions:	; Laragiya; Limilngan; Umbugarlic; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Glottolog:	None; lara1258 (Laragia); limi1242 (Limilngan); umbu1259 (Umbugarlic)
	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 Mark Harvey. It unites the pair of Limilngan languages with two language isolates:^[4]

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.

References

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↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)

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Darwin Region
Geographic distribution:	Darwin, Australia
Linguistic classification:	One of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions:	Laragiya Limilngan Umbugarlic
Glottolog:	None `lara1258` (Laragia)^[1] `limi1242` (Limilngan)^[2] `umbu1259` (Umbugarlic)^[3]
Darwin Region languages (red), among other non-Pama–Nyungan languages (grey).
Closeup. From west to east they are: Laragiya, Limilngan, and Umbugarlic.