Northeastern Tasmanian, or Pyemmairre, is an Aboriginal language of

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. It is identified in the reconstruction of

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.Claire Bowern, September 2012, "The riddle of Tasmanian languages", ''Proc. R. Soc. B'', 279, 4590–4595, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1842 It was spoken in the northeastern corner of the island. Northeastern Tasmanian is attested from three word lists of Charles Robinson and

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: From Cape Portland (366 words),

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(195 words), and Pipers River (126 words). Bowern also includes the language of the

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vocabulary (125 words) collected by J.-P. Gaimard in the

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region of the North Midlands; however, it is divergent, and Dixon & Crowley consider it to be a distinct language. The name ''Pyemmairre'' may not include the highland people of Ben Lomond, for which ''Plangermaireener'' ("Plangamerina") has been used.

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