Kurnai language
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| Kurnai | ||
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| Spoken in: | Gippsland, Victoria, Australia | |
| Language extinction: | ? | |
| Language family: | Pama-Nyungan Kurnai |
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| Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | aus | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | — | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Kurnai (also spelt Ganai, Gaanay, Gunai, Gurnai, Kanai, Kunnai, Kurnay) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Gippsland in south-east Victoria.
Kurnai is not a name which was used by the speakers themselves. The language had no traditional name, but each of its dialects were referred to separately: Muk-thang, Nulit, Thangquai and Bidhawal.
[edit] References
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Mathews, R. H. (Oct.–Dec. 1907). "Language of the Birdhawal tribe, in Gippsland, Victoria". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society: 346–359.
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