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Little Swanport
Region region of Little Swanport, eastern Tasmania
Ethnicity Oyster Bay tribe of Tasmanians
Extinct 19th century
Language family
Eastern Tasmanian
  • Oyster Bay
    • Little Swanport
AIATSIS T15

Little Swanport Tasmanian is an aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern. It was spoken near the modern town of Little Swanport on the east coast. Dixon & Crowley had noted that it appeared to be distinct, but were not sure if it constituted a separate language from other word lists collected near Oyster Bay.

The Little Swanport language is attested in a list of 211 words collected by George Augustus Robinson.

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