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| Gippsland | |
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| Geographic distribution | Gippsland,New South Wales |
| Linguistic classification | Pama–Nyungan
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| Glottolog | None gana1268 (Birrdhawal) dhud1237 (Dhudhuroa–Pallanganmiddang) |
 Gippsland languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). The section on the coast is Gaanay. | |
TheGippsland languages are a family ofPama–Nyungan languages ofAustralia.[1] They were spoken in theGippsland region, the southernmost part of mainland Australia, on theBass Strait. There are three rather distant branches; these are often considered single languages, though the dialects of Gaanay are sometimes counted separately:
All but Kurnai are nowextinct.The Gippsland languages, especially Gaanay, have phonotactics that are unusual for mainland Australian languages, but characteristic ofTasmanian languages.
[East Victoria = Yorta-Yortic + Gaanay + Pallanganmiddang (Dhudhuroa not addressed)]