Pama–Nyungan subfamily of southeastern Australia
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Geographic distribution | Gippsland, New South Wales |
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Linguistic classification | Pama–Nyungan |
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Subdivisions | - Gaanay (Kurnai)
- Dhudhuroa
- Pallanganmiddang
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Glottolog | None gana1268 (Birrdhawal) dhud1237 (Dhudhuroa–Pallanganmiddang) |
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Gippsland languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). The section on the coast is Gaanay. |
The Gippsland languages are a family of Pama–Nyungan languages of Australia.[1] They were spoken in the Gippsland region, the southernmost part of mainland Australia, on the Bass Strait. There are three rather distant branches; these are often considered single languages, though the dialects of Gaanay are sometimes counted separately:
- Gippsland
- 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.
[East Victoria = Yorta-Yortic + Gaanay + Pallanganmiddang (Dhudhuroa not addressed)]
References
- ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
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