Hercus says that this is a dialect of Paakantyi D12 (1993); note her Paakantyi grammar and dictionary is mainly on Southern Paakantyi D61.
Keramin, an alternative name for Kureinji, is used by Dixon (2002), Horgen (2004), Wurm (1994) and Walsh (1981).
Wafer and Lissarrague (2008:30) are the only source to use Keramin in contrast with Kureinji (and Yari-Yari S24), though they note that the status of these names is uncertain: 'Any or all of them may be distinct varieties of this language, or just different names for it.'
... the lower Murray from the Darling-Murray junction down to the Rugus River and Lake Victoria, and extended northwards on the Darling to Avoca (Hercus 1993:10).
... the country around the junction of the Darling and Murray rivers, apparently extending down the latter as far as Lake Victoria (Radcliffe-Brown 1918:248).
From Wentworth on northern bank of Murray River downstream to Chowilla and Ral Ral, So. Aust., on western and the Anabranch of the Darling River to Popilta Lake; on the main Darling River upsteam to Avoca (Tindale 1974).
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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).
