The name Kungatutji (L16) appears to have been used to refer to two different language varieties; the language in Curr (1886-87:374-381) is closely related to Kungkari L38 and Birria L36, while 'modern' Kungatutji is 'almost identical to Punthamara and modern Wangkumara' Breen (1971:15). Breen (1990:64) later says that Kungardichi (L16) (the one in Curr) is likely not a genuine language name at all as the data appears to be a composite of Pirriya L36 and Kungkari.
Breen (1971:18) says that Palpakunu L64 is a Jandruwanda L18 term for the 'Wilson River group of dialects, i.e. Mambangura L20, modern Wangkumara L25 and Kungatutji (L16), Punthamara and others now extinct'.
Breen states that the languages (though he goes on to refer to them as groups) spoken along the Wilson River are identical: Bundhamara L26, Gungadudji (L16), Wanggumara L25 and Ngandangura L30 (1967:2).
Cooper Creek north of Durham Downs; east to Mount Howitt and Kyabra Creek; northwest to near Lake Yamma Yamma (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).
