Gippsland languages
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| Geographic distribution: |
Gippsland, New South Wales |
| Linguistic classification: | Pama–Nyungan
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| Glottolog: | None gana1268 (Ganai)[1] dhud1237 (Dhudhuroa–Pallanganmiddang)[2] |
Gippsland languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). The section on the coast is Gaanay.
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The Gippsland languages are a family of Pama–Nyungan languages of Australia.[3] They are spoken in the Gippsland region, the southernmost part of mainland Australia, on the Bass Strait. There are three rather distant branches; these often considered single languages, though the dialects of Gaanay are sometimes counted separately:
- Gaanay (Kurnai): Muk-thang, Nulit, Thangquai, Bidhawal
- Dhudhuroa
- Pallanganmiddang
All are now extinct. The Gippsland languages, especially Gaanay, have phonotactics that are unusual for mainland Australian languages, but characteristic of Tasmanian languages. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[East Victoria = Yorta-Yortic + Gaanay + Pallanganmiddang (Dhudhuroa not addressed)]
References
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- ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
