Ladji Ladji (Ledji-Ledji) is a

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once widely spoken in

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and

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by the

Latjilatji The Latjilatji, sometimes spelt Latji Latji or Latje Latje are an Indigenous Australian people of the state of Victoria, Australia. Name The ethnonym Latjilatji consists of a reduplication of the word for "no" (''latja''). Language Latji-Latji l ...

(or Ladji Ladji) people. Ladji Ladji is part of the Kulin branch of the Pama–Nyungan family of languages, which were spoken by the majority of

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s before Australia's colonisation by the

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Kulin languages Extinct languages of Victoria (state) Extinct languages of New South Wales {{Ia-lang-stub