L32: Karanya

AIATSIS code: 
L32
AIATSIS reference name: 
Karanya

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Karanya language L32
Thesaurus heading people
Karanya people L32
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Pitta-Pitta (Karanja)
Ethnologue name
Pitta Pitta [Garanya]
ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Karanja
Tindale (1974)
Karenya, Kurrana (['karana] = man), Mooraboola (place name) Moorloobulloo, Ngulubulu (language name), Ooloopooloo (faulty hearing and recording of name).
O'Grady et al (1966)
Karanja, Kurrana, Mooraboola, Moorloobullo, Ooloopooloo, Ngulubulu
Glottocode
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Other sources
Karanya, Karenya, Kurrana, Karanja [Blake 1979:184] Karanja (Tindale), Kurrana (Tindale), Karanya (Roth), Garanja (Capell) [Blake and Breen 1971:170]
Synonyms
Karanja, Pitta Pitta, Karenya, Kurrana, Mooraboola Moorloobulloo, Ngulubulu, Ooloopooloo
Comment
Comments: 

Pitta-Pitta G6, Ringu-Ringu G7, Mayawarli L40, Kunkalanya G3, Ngulupulu G40, Karanya, and Rakaya G4 are dialects of a language for which there is no obvious name (Blake 1979:183).

Tindale (1974) says Karanja is a tribal name whose language is Ngulubulu.

 

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.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 

At Bedourie and King Creek; south to Cluny and Glengyle; west to Mount David (Moorabulla); on the Georgina River (Tindale 1974). (This covers both Ngulupulu and Garanya. On Blake's map (1979), Ngulupulu is north of Karanya.)

Maps: 
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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 Less than 20 pages 1
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual 1-10 2
Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note 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 [Garanya] 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) Karanja Pitta-Pitta (Pitha-Pitha)* Blake (1979b) further dialects: Ringu-Ringu, Rakaya, Ngulupulu, Karanja, Kunkalanja, Mayawarli
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Karnic   Garanya  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Palku Garanya  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Palku Ngurlubulu  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Pittapittic   Karanya (Ngulubulu)  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Pittapittic   Karanya