Kulinic languages

The Kulinic languages form a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family in Victoria (Australia). They are:

• Kulin (3+, e.g. Woiwurrung)
• Kolakngat
• Drual (2)

Kulinic
Kulin–Bunganditj
Geographic distribution	Victoria (Australia)
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Southeastern Victorian Kulin–Bunganditj Kulinic
Subdivisions	Kulin Kolakngat Drual[obsolete?]
Language codes
Glottolog	kuli1256
Kulinic languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). Along the coast, the three groups are (west to east) Drual, Kolakngat, Kulin.

Warrnambool is Kulinic^[1] and may be Drual, but is too poorly attested to be certain.^[2] Glottolog now classes both Warrnambool and those languages sometimes classed as Drual in a family, calling it "Warrnambool-Bunganditj", and Kolakngat as in the Kulin family.^[3] Gadubanud was a dialect of either Warrnambool or Kolakngat.^[4] Several poorly attested interior Kulinic languages, such as Wemba-Wemba, are listed in the Kulin article.

The three branches of Kulinic are not close; Dixon treats them as three separate families.

Bibliography

• Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press