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Kulinic languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Australia

Glottolog:
  
kuli1256

Subdivisions:
  
Kulin Kolakngat Drual

Kulinic languages

Linguistic classification:
  
Pama–Nyungan Southeastern Victorian Kulin–Bunganditj Kulinic

The Kulinic languages form a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. They are:

  • Kulin (3+, e.g. Woiwurrung)
  • Kolakngat
  • Drual (2)
  • Warrnambool is Kulinic and may be Drual, but is too poorly attested to be certain. Gadubanud was a dialect of either Warrnambool or Kolakngat. Several poorly attested interior Kulinic languages, such as Wemba-Wemba, are listed in the Kulin article.

    The three branches of Kulinic are not close; Dixon treats them as three separate families.

    References

    Kulinic languages Wikipedia


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