The Kulinic languages form a branch of the
Pama–Nyungan family in
Victoria (Australia)
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. They are:
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Kulin (3+, e.g.
Woiwurrung
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The Woiwurrung people's territory in Central Victoria extended from north o ...
)
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Kolakngat''
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Drual (2)
Warrnambool
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is Kulinic and may be Drual, but is too poorly attested to be certain.
Gadubanud
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was a dialect of either Warrnambool or Kolakngat.
Several poorly attested interior Kulinic languages, such as
Wemba-Wemba
The Wemba-Wemba are an Aboriginal Australian people in north-Western Victoria and south-western New South Wales, Australia, including in the Mallee and the Riverina regions. They are also known as the Wamba-Wamba.
Language
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, 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
Indigenous Australian languages in Victoria (Australia)
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