Gippsland | |
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Geographic distribution |
Gippsland, New South Wales |
Linguistic classification |
Pama–Nyungan
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Subdivisions |
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Glottolog |
None gana1268 (Ganai) dhud1237 (Dhudhuroa–Pallanganmiddang) |
Gippsland languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). The section on the coast is Gaanay.
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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.