Gunaikurnai language

Gunaikurnai
Gaanay
Kannai
RegionGippsland, Victoria, Australia
EthnicityGunaikurnai (Brabiralung, Braiakaulung, Bratauolung, Krauatungalung, Tatungalung), Bidawal
Native speakers
4 (2016 census)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
unn – Kurnai
ihw – Bidawal
Glottologgana1279
AIATSIS[3]S68 Gunnai (cover term), S49 Bidawal
ELPKurnai
Sketch map of Gippsland - showing approximately the positions of the clans of the Kurnai tribe.

The Gunaikurnai or Gunai/Kurnai (/ˈɡʌnkɜːrn/ GUN-eye-kur-nye) language, also spelt Gunnai, Kurnai, Ganai, Gaanay, or Kurnay /ˈkɜːrn/ KUR-nye) is an Australian Aboriginal dialect cluster of the Gunaikurnai people in Gippsland in south-east Victoria. Bidawal was either a divergent dialect or a closely related language.[3]

  1. ^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxv.
  3. ^ a b S68 Gunnai (cover term) at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)