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From: alanf@netcom.com (alan filipski)
Subject: Re: what is known of Aboriginal TASMANIAN Languages
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In article <Stuart.Robinson-2407971510100001@asianstmg-221.anu.edu.au> Stuart.Robinson@anu.edu.au (Stuart Robinson) writes:
-No, but if you're interested in the indigenous languages of
-Tasmania--sadly, little is known, owing to genocide--try the _Handbook of
-Australian Languages, Vol. 2_ (edited by Barry Blake and Robert Dixon).
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-Robert Budzul wrote:
-
-> I could have sworn that there is a very old book in German in the 
-> University of Tasmania library on the Tasmanian aboriginal languages and 
-> that it's more than just a word list.  Has no one heard of it?

Almost certainly Robert Budzul is referring to Fr. Wilhelm Schmidt's 
exhaustive 580-page "Die Tasmanischen Sprachen".


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