Sharpe coined the name Yugambeh - Bundjalung as a cover term for a group of dialects from north-east New South Wales and south-east Queensland (2005) and produced a dictionary (on CDROM) of Yugambeh - Bundjalung in 2013.
Crowley and Sharpe classify Geynyan (D36) as a member of this chain. Crowley calls it 'Warwick' after the place name in Queensland (see Maps in Crowley 1978:158 and Sharpe 2005:vii). The name Geynyan is an exonym used by Sharpe's Gidhabal E14 collaborators, initially recorded by Gardner 1851-54, 'Gheeannun' and remembered by Gidhabal people in the 1960s (in Sharpe, 2005:2).
Oates (1975:212-213) described Keinyan (D36) as belonging to the Giabalic group, along with Giabal D41 and Kambuwal D29 (in Wafer & Lissarrague, 2008:334).
See also other dialects in the Bundjalung - Yugembeh dialect chain: Birihn E72; Casino language E73; Ngarabal E92; Dinggabal E16.1; Galibal E15; Gidhabal E14; Mananjahli E76; Minyangbal E18; Nerang Creek language E77; Nganduwal E78; Ngarahgwal E79; Nyangbal E75; Wahlubal E16.2; Wehlubal E80; Wiyabal E16; Wudjebal E96.
Documentation for Bundjalung E12 and / or Yugambeh E17 may be relevant.
Warwick/Allora region (Sharpe 2005:2).
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Speaker numbers were measured differently across the censuses and various other sources listed in AUSTLANG. You are encouraged to refer to the sources.
Speaker numbers for ‘NILS 2004’ and ‘2005 estimate’ come from 'Table F.3: Numbers of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages (various surveys)' in 'Appendix F NILS endangerment and absolute number results' in McConvell, Marmion and McNicol 2005, pages 198-230 (PDF, 2.5MB).
