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Gippsland languages

Gippsland
Geographic
distribution
Gippsland, New South Wales
Linguistic classification Pama–Nyungan
  • Southeastern
    • Victorian
      • Eastern Victoria
        • Gippsland
Subdivisions
Glottolog None
gana1268  (Ganai)
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. 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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