THE ABORIGINAL SPEECH OF TASMANIA. 73 



AX INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE 

 ABORIGINAL SPEECH OF TASMANIA. 



By Hermann B. Ritz, M.A. 

 (Read November 16, 1908.) 



As far as I am aware, the work done hitherto with 

 regard to philological studies of the Tasmanian lan- 

 guage has not been extensive. Ling Rot'h gives in an 

 Appendix to his book on " The Aborigines of Tas- 

 mania " an apparently full bibliography of the subject. 

 Among the works mentioned there as dealing with the 

 Speech of the Aboriginals, we find the following: — 



CALDER. — Language of the Aborigines of Tas- 

 mania. 



JORGENSEN. — The Aboriginal Languages of Tas- 

 mania. 



LATHAM.— Elements of Comparative Philology. 



MILLIGAN. — Vocabulary of the Dialects of some 

 of the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania. 



MILLIGAN. — On the Dialects and Languages of 

 the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania, and on their 

 Manners and Customs. 



MULLER. — Grundriss der Sprac'hwissenschaft. 



J. B. WALKER. — Notes on the Aborigines of Tas- 

 mania, extracted from the manuscript Journals 

 of G. W. Walker. 



There are, besides, vocabularies by Norman, Dove, 

 Braim, Cook, Gaimard, La Billardiere, McGeary, Peron, 

 Roberts, Scott. 



