Gippsland languages explained

Gippsland
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:Southeastern
Fam3:Victorian
Fam4:Eastern Victoria
Child1:Gaanay (Kurnai)
Child3:Pallanganmiddang
Glotto:none
Glotto2:gana1268
Glottoname2:Birrdhawal
Glotto3:dhud1237
Glottoname3:Dhudhuroa–Pallanganmiddang
Map:Gippsland languages.png
Mapcaption: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 were spoken in the Gippsland region, the southernmost part of mainland Australia, on the Bass Strait. There are three rather distant branches; these are 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.

Notes and References

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