L56: Yarrumada

AIATSIS code: 
L56
AIATSIS reference name: 
Yarrumada

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Yarrumada language L56
Thesaurus heading people
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
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Ethnologue name
Ngura [Yarumarra]
ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Ngandangara (Jarumarda)
Tindale (1974)
Ngandangura, Jarumarda (language name), Unda Gnoora, Eromarra.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Jaramarla, Jarumardu [Oates & Oates 1970:122] Jarumarra (Breen) [Oates 1975:175] Jaramarala (Breen) [Oates 1975:380] Yarumarra [Breen 1981:274]
Synonyms
Ngura, Ngandangura, Jarumarda, Unda Gnoora, Eromarra
Comment
Comments: 
Tindale treats this as the language spoken by the Ngandangara L30 group; Breen indicates Ngandangara and Yarrumada are distinct varieties which are in a dialectal relationship with Wangkumara L25 (2007 p.c.).
References: 
  • Myles, Frederick W. 1886-87. Thargominda, Bulloo River. Curr , E.M. -- The Australian race , v.2, 1886; 36- 41.
  • Oates, William J., and Lynette F. Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia: Australian Aboriginal Studies 33, Linguistic Series 12. Canberra: AIAS.
  • 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: 
Potential data
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 
... on Conbar Station on the upper Wilson River (Myles in Curr 1886). Mt. Margaret (Oates & Oates 1970:122).
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 None 0
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual None 0
Manuscript note: 
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Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Ngura Ngura [Yarumarra] Ngura [dialects: Punthamara (Bundhamara), Kalali (Galali, Garlali), Wongkumara (Wangkumara, Wangumarra), Badjiri, Bidjara, Dhiraila, Garandala, Mambangura, Mingbari, Ngurawarla, Yarumarra. Walsh list the dialects as separate languages.]
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Yarumarra
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Ngura Yarumarra
Oates (1975)
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)