 | ||
Geographic
distribution: Gippsland, New South Wales Linguistic classification: Pama–Nyungan
Southeastern
Victorian
Eastern Victoria
Gippsland Subdivisions: Gaanay (Kurnai)
Dhudhuroa
Pallanganmiddang Glottolog: None
gana1268 (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.
References
Gippsland languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA