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| Kulinic | |
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| Kulin–Bunganditj | |
| Geographic distribution | Victoria (Australia) |
| Linguistic classification | Pama–Nyungan
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| 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. | |
TheKulinic languages form a branch of thePama–Nyungan family inVictoria (Australia). They are:
Warrnambool is Kulinic[1] and may beDrual, 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 asWemba-Wemba, are listed in the Kulin article.
The three branches of Kulinic are not close;Dixon treats them as three separate families.
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