The Gippsland languages are a family of Pama–Nyungan languages of Australia.Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012) 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
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.
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