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Linguistic classification: Pama–NyunganSoutheasternVictorianEastern VictoriaGippsland Subdivisions: Gaanay (Kurnai)DhudhuroaPallanganmiddang Glottolog: Nonegana1268 (Ganai)dhud1237 (Dhudhuroa–Pallanganmiddang) | ||
The Gippsland languages are a family of Pama–Nyungan languages of Australia. 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:
All are now extinct. The Gippsland languages, especially Gaanay, have phonotactics that are unusual for mainland Australian languages, but characteristic of Tasmanian languages.
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