Gippsland languages

Gippsland
Geographic
distribution
Gippsland, New South Wales
Linguistic classificationPama–Nyungan
  • Southeastern
    • Victorian
      • Eastern Victoria
        • Gippsland
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone
gana1268  (Birrdhawal)
dhud1237  (Dhudhuroa–Pallanganmiddang)
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.

[East Victoria = Yorta-Yortic + Gaanay + Pallanganmiddang (Dhudhuroa not addressed)]

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