Kulin
Geographic distribution	Victoria
Ethnicity	Kulin
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Kulinic Kulin
Subdivisions	Woiwurrung–Taungurung–Bunurong Wadawurrung Djadjawurrung† Yaran (Bindjali)† Wemba Wemba† Djabwurrung Western Central Murray
Language codes
Glottolog	nucl1335
The five Kulin nations

TheKulin languages are a group of closely related languages of theKulin people, part of theKulinic branch ofPama–Nyungan.

• Woiwurrung (Woy-wur-rung): spoken fromMount Baw Baw in the east toMount Macedon, Sunbury and Gisborne in the west. TheWurrundjeri-willam were a clan who occupied theYarra River and its tributaries. Referred to initially by Europeans as theYarra Yarra tribe. Other Woiwurrung clans include theMarin-Bulluk,Kurung-Jang-Bulluk,Wurundjeri-Balluk,Balluk-willam.Wurundjeri is now the common term for descendants of all the Woiwurrung clans.
• Bunurong (Bun-wurrung): spoken by six clans along the coast from the Werribee River, across theMornington Peninsula,Western Port Bay toWilsons Promontory. Referred to by Europeans as theWestern Port orPort Philip tribe. TheYalukit-willam clan occupied the thin coastal strip from Werribee, to Williamstown.Bunurong is now the common term for all the people of this language group.
• Taungurung (Tung-ger-rung): spoken north of the Great Dividing Range in theGoulburn River Valley around Mansfield, Benalla and Heathcote. Referred to by Europeans as theGoulburn River tribe.Taungurung is now the common term for all the people of this language group.^[1]
• Wathaurong (Wadha-wurrung): spoken by 15 clans south of the Werribee River and theBellarine Peninsula to Streatham. Referred to by Europeans as theBarrabool people. The escaped convict,William Buckley lived with this community for 32 years, between 1803 and 1835, before being found byJohn Batman on 6 July 1835.
• Dja Dja Wurrung (Jar-Jar-wur-rung: spoken by the 16 clans of the Jaara orDja Dja Wurrung people around Bendigo, the central highlands region, east to Kyneton, west to the Pyrenees, north to Boort and south to the Great Dividing Range. Referred to by Europeans as theLoddon Aborigines.

Kulin, or perhaps Kulinic:

• Western Central Murray:Madhi-Madhi (Muthimuthi),Ledji-Ledji, andWadi-Wadi share 80% of vocabulary, suggesting they might have formed a group.^[2]
• Eastern Central Murray:Wemba-Wemba (Baraba-Baraba,Nari-Nari)
• Tjapwurrung (Jab-wurrung, Djabwarrung) as a distinct language is included by Bowern (2011), who excludes Taungurung and Baraba-Baraba.
• Bindjali, the language of theBodaruwitj (Bedaruwidj, Potaruwutj, Tatiara) people in south-easternSouth Australia, is classified as a Kulinic language byAustlang.^[3]

Dixon (2002) accepts the Kulin languages as a family, and sees them as forming three languages:^[4]

• Kulin languages
• Kulinic languages

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