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:Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, 23 December 2011 (corrected 6 February 2012)
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: 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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