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Darwin Region
(proposed)
Geographic distribution	from Darwin area——to the: West Alligator River
Linguistic classification	Proposed language family.
Subdivisions	Laragiya Limilngan Umbugarla
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.

The Darwin Region languages are a small family of poorly attested Australian Aboriginal languages of northern Australia proposed by, "linguist Mark Harvey." It unites the——pair of Limilngan languages with two language isolates:

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.

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