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Tommeginne
Northern Tasmanian
Region North-central coast of Tasmania
Ethnicity Northern tribe of Tasmanians
Extinct 19th century
Language family
Northern–Western Tasmanian?
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Northern Tasmanian, or Tommeginne (Tommeeginnee), is an aboriginal language of Tasmania in the reconstruction of Claire Bowern.

Northern Tasmanian is attested from word lists collected on Flinders Island by Joseph Milligan and published in 1857 & 1859. One, labeled "northwest tribes", contains 268 words; the other, labeled "western tribes", contains 369.

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