E9: Yunggaya

AIATSIS code: 
E9
AIATSIS reference name: 
Yunggaya

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Thesaurus heading people
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Gumbainggir (Yuungay)
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Jiegera (Youngai)
Tindale (1974)
Yiegera, Jeigir, Yegera, Youngai, Jungai.
O'Grady et al (1966)
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Other sources
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Synonyms
Gumbainggir, Yuungay, Baanbay, Banbai, Gamlamang, Jiegera, Kumbainggiri, Yaygir, Ju:ngai, Yiegera, Jeigir, Yegera, Youngai, Jungai
Comment
Comments: 

Radcliffe-Brown (1929:400) distinguishes Yuungai (E9) from Yegera E10 and writes that the languages were 'similar'.

Tindale (1974) lists Jungai as an alternative name of Jiegera E10; Hoddinott (1978:54) suspects that Yuungay (E9) could be another name for Yaygirr.

Morelli notes that Laves recorded several names of Yungguway (E9) speakers in 1929 (2012:99). Yaygirr is a language name and the name of one of four dialects: Yunggaya, Yaygirr E10, Yirraygirr E99, and Birriin E72. He notes a variant name for Yunggaya: Yuungway or Yuungguway (E9) (2012:1, 99).

Wafer and Lissarrague descibe Yuungay (E9) as a possible dialect of Yaygirr, noting there is no language data in Radcliffe-Brown (1929) or Hoddinott (1978) (2008:358-359).

Birihn E72 is generally considered a dialect of Bundjalung E12 (e.g. Crowley 1978 and Sharpe 2005). Documentation for Yaygirr E10 may be relevant.

 

 

References: 
  • Crowley, Terry. 1978. The Middle Clarence dialects of Bandjalang (Includes 1940s Bandjalang grammar by W. E. Smythe): Research and Regional Studies 12. Canberra: AIAS.
  • Hoddinott, William. 1978. The languages and myths of the New England area. In Isabel McBryde (ed.), Records of times past: Ethnohistorical essays on the culture and ecology of the New England tribes. Canberra: AIAS, pp. 52-64.
  • Morelli, Steve. 2012. Yaygirr Dictionary and Grammar. Nambucca Heads: Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-operative.
  • Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre.
  • Oates, William J., and Lynette F. Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia: Australian Aboriginal Studies 33, Linguistic Series 12. Canberra: AIAS.
  • Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred. R. 1929. Notes on totemism in eastern Australia. In Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 59 (1929), pp. 399-415.
  • Sharpe, Margaret. 1985. An introduction to the Bundjalung language and its dialects. Armidale: Armidale College of Advanced Education.
  • Wafer, Jim, and 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
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NSW
Location information: 

Lower Clarence River, NSW (Oates & Oates 1970:158).

 

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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
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2014NILS2
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2018-2019NILS3

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).

Documentation
Type Documentation Status Documentation Score
Word list None 0
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual None 0
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975) Unclassified     Ju:ngai  
Wurm (1972)          
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)