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.