Gippsland languages
The Gippsland languages are a family of Pama–Nyungan languages of Australia. They are spoken in the Gippsland region, the southernmost part of mainland Australia, on the Bass Strait. There are three rather distant branches; these often considered single languages, though the dialects of Gaanay are sometimes counted separately:
- Gaanay : Muk-thang, Nulit, Thangquai, Bidhawal
- Dhudhuroa
- Pallanganmiddang
All are now extinct.
The Gippsland languages, especially Gaanay, have phonotactics that are unusual for mainland Australian languages, but characteristic of Tasmanian languages.
