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

Darwin Region

• Laragiya (nearly extinct)

Limilngan

• Limilngan

• Wulna

Umbugarlic

• Umbugarla

• ?Ngurmbur

• ?Bugurnidja

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:

1. 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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