Darwin Region languages

The Darwin Region languages are a family of Australian Aboriginal languages of northern Australia proposed by linguist Mark Harvey^{[citation needed]}. It unites the pair of Limilngan languages with two language isolates:^[1]

• Darwin Region
  • Laragiya (nearly extinct)
  • Limilngan
    • Limilngan †
    • Wulna †
  • Umbugarlic
    • Umbugarla †
    • Ngurmbur?
    • Bugurnidja?

Darwin Region
(proposed)
Geographic distribution	from Darwin area to the West Alligator River
Linguistic classification	Proposed language family.
Subdivisions	Laragiya Limilngan Umbugarla ?
Language codes
Glottolog	None lara1258  (Laragia) limi1242  (Limilngan-Wulna) umbu1235  (Umbugarla)
Darwin Region languages (red), among other non-Pama–Nyungan languages (grey).
Closeup. From west to east they are: Laragiya, Limilngan, and Umbugarlic.

Ngurmbur and Bugurnidja are poorly attested extinct languages, which are joined with Umbugarla to form the Umbugarlic branch.

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 World War II.