The Kulinic languages form a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family in Victoria (Australia). They are:

Warrnambool is Kulinic[1] and may be Drual, but is too poorly attested to be certain.[2] Gadubanud was a dialect of either Warrnambool or Kolakngat.[3] Several poorly attested interior Kulinic languages, such as Wemba-Wemba, are listed in the Kulin article.

The three branches of Kulinic are not close; Dixon treats them as three separate families.

Bibliography

  • Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press

References

  1. ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  2. ^ Barry Blake (2003) The Bunganditj (Buwandik) language of the Mount Gambier Region, p 17 ff.
  3. ^ S71 Gadubanud at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadubanud_language
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