D36: Geynyan

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AIATSIS Code: 
D36
AIATSIS Reference name: 
Geynyan

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Name
ABN Name
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Horton Name
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Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Keinjan
Thesaurus heading
Geinyan language (D36) (Qld SH56-02)
Thesaurus heading language
Geynyan language D36
Tindale (1974)
Gee-en-yun, Wawpa (general language name given by Darling Downs tribes and shared with Giabal and tribes to the north).
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Geinyan, Gheeannun (Gardner 1851-1854) [Sharpe 2005:2]
Synonyms
Gee en yun
Gee enyun
Keinjan
Wawpa
Geinjan
Geinyan
Gheeannun
Keinyan
Comment
Language comment
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.
References

Oates, William J. & Lynette F. Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia: Australian Aboriginal Studies 33, Linguistic Series 12. Canberra: AIAS.
Sharpe, Margaret. 2005. Grammar and texts of the Yugambeh-Bundjalung dialect chain in Eastern Australia. München: Lincom Europa.
Wafer, Jim & Amanda Lissarrague. 2008. A handbook of Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Nambucca Heads: Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative.
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Location
State
QLD
Location information
Warwick/Allora region (Sharpe 2005:2)
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Documentation
Document Score: 
1
Documentation table: 
Type Documentation Status Documentation Score
Word list None 0
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual Less than 1 1
Manuscript Note: 
not available
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Classification
Classification table: 
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Giabalic   Geinjan  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Giabalic   Keinyan  
O'Grady, Voegelin & Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Waka-Kabic Miyan Keinjan