The Darwin Region languages, also known by the older name Limilngan-Wulna, are a proposed family of Australian Aboriginal languages of northern Australia put forward by linguist Mark Harvey, uniting the closely related pair of Limilngan languages with two additional language isolates, Laragiya and Umbugarla. The languages were spoken from the Darwin area east to the West Alligator River, and nearly all are extinct or nearly extinct, with Laragiya recorded as having only a handful of speakers before its disappearance.
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Disputed
Proto-Language StatusNo proto-language has been reconstructed or published. Darwin Region is itself a proposed family, linguist Mark Harvey uniting the Limilngan languages with two additional language isolates, not yet a demonstrated genetic unit. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Darwin Region Languages
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The Darwin Region languages are a family of Australian Aboriginal languages of northern Australia proposed by linguist Mark Harvey.
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It unites the pair of Limilngan languages with two language isolates
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