Gippsland languages

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:

• Gippsland
  • Gaanay (Kurnai)
    • Muk-thang
    • Nulit
    • Thangquai
    • Bidhawal
  • Dhudhuroa
  • Pallanganmiddang

Gippsland
Geographic distribution	Gippsland, New South Wales
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Southeastern Victorian Eastern Victoria Gippsland
Subdivisions	Gaanay (Kurnai) Dhudhuroa Pallanganmiddang †
Language codes
Glottolog	None gana1268  (Birrdhawal) dhud1237  (Dhudhuroa–Pallanganmiddang)
Gippsland languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). The section on the coast is Gaanay.

All but Kurnai 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)]}