Kulinic | |
Also Known As: | Kulin–Bunganditj |
Familycolor: | Australian |
Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
Fam2: | Southeastern |
Fam3: | Victorian |
Fam4: | Kulin–Bunganditj |
Child2: | Kolakngat |
Glotto: | kuli1256 |
Glottorefname: | Kulin–Bunganditj |
Map: | Kulinic languages.png |
Mapcaption: | Kulinic languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). Along the coast, the three groups are (west to east) Drual, Kolakngat, Kulin. |
The Kulinic languages form a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family in Victoria (Australia). They are:
Warrnambool is Kulinic[1] and may be Drual, but is too poorly attested to be certain.[2] 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.