Gippsland languages

Gippsland
Geographic; distribution	Gippsland, New South Wales
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Southeastern Victorian Eastern Victoria Gippsland; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Gaanay (Kurnai); Dhudhuroa; Pallanganmiddang;
Glottolog	None; gana1268 (Birrdhawal); dhud1237 (Dhudhuroa–Pallanganmiddang)
	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 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.

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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[1] Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)