G4: Rakaya

AIATSIS code: 
G4
AIATSIS reference name: 
Rakaya

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Rakaya language G4
Thesaurus heading people
Rakaya people G4
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Pitta-Pitta (Rakkai)
Ethnologue name
Pitta Pitta [Ragaya]
ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Rakkaia
Tindale (1974)
Rukkia
O'Grady et al (1966)
Rukkia
Glottocode
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Other sources
Rakaia [Breen 1971] Rakaya, Rukkia, Rakkaia [Blake 1979:184] Rukkia (Roth), Rakkaia (Tindale), Raggaja (Capell), Rakaia [Blake and Breen 1971:170]
Synonyms
Pitta Pitta, Rakkaia, Rukkia
Comment
Comments: 

Pitta-Pitta G6, Ringu-Ringu G7, Mayawarli L40, Kunkalanya G3, Ngulupulu G40, Karanya L32, and Rakaya are dialects of a language for which there is no obvious name (Blake, 1979:183).

 

References: 
  • Blake, Barry. 1979. Pitta-Pitta. In Dixon, R M W & Blake, Barry (eds.). Handbook of Australian languages vol. 1. 182-242. Canberra/ANU Press.
  • Tindale, Norman B. 1974. Aboriginal tribes of Australia: their terrain, environmental controls, distribution, limits, and proper names. Berkeley: University of California Press/Canberra: Australian National University Press.
  • Blake, Barry, and Gavan Breen. 1971. The Pitta-Pitta dialects: Linguistic Communications 4. Melbourne: Monash University.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 

At Coorabulka (Roth 1897 as quoted in Blake and Breen 1971:10). From Coorabulka west to the Georgina River and the eastern vicinity of Breadalbane (Tindale 1974).

 

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Tindale 1974
Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
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Indigenous organisations: 
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-
1996Census-
2001Census-
2004NILS1-
2005Estimate-
2006Census-
2011Census-
2014NILS2
2016Census-
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
Manuscript note: 
not available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Palku Pitta Pitta [Ragaya] Pitta Pitta [dialects: Related to Gangalanya, Garanya, Lhanima, Ngurlubulu, Ragaya, Rangwa, Yurlayurlanya, which may be extinct, and Wanggamala.]
Dixon (2002)   LAKE EYRE BASIN AREAL GROUP North and west Lake Eyre Basin group Blake and Breen (1971) Rakaya Pitta-Pitta (Pitha-Pitha)* Blake (1979b) further dialects: Ringu-Ringu, Rakaya, Ngulupulu, Karanja, Kunkalanja, Mayawarli
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Karnic   Ragaya  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Palku Ragaya  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Palku Ragaya  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Pittapittic   Rakkaia  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Pittapittic Rakkaia is a dialect of Wangkadjera in O andV Rakkaia