Gulidjan (Coligan, Kolijon, Kolitjon), also known as Kolakngat (Kolacgnat, Colac), is an extinct

Aboriginal Australian language The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...

of the Gulidjan people of the state of

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, Australia. There is very limited data available on the language, but linguists have suggested that it is a mixed language, containing elements of neighbouring languages.

Attestation

The language is first attested in 1839. Though much of the detail and vocabulary has been lost, there is sufficient to confirm that it constituted a separate language. About 100 words have survived. Some analysis suggests it may be a mixed language or

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having something in common with each of the neighbouring languages. Earliest sources refer to the language as ''Gulidjan'', although James Dawson favoured ''Kolakgnat'', which means 'belonging to sand'.
Gulidjan
'', Victorian Aboriginal Languages Directory. Accessed 15 December 2008 No speakers have been recorded since 1975, so it is considered an

extinct language An extinct language is a language that no longer has any speakers, especially if the language has no living descendants. In contrast, a dead language is one that is no longer the native language of any community, even if it is still in use, ...

References

* Kulinic languages Extinct languages of Victoria (Australia) {{Ia-lang-stub