N177: Ngarlahmi

AIATSIS code: 
N177
AIATSIS reference name: 
Ngarlahmi

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Ngarlahmi language N177
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Ngarlahmi [Harvey 2003:297]
Synonyms
Ngarlami
Comment
Comments: 
Harvey (2003) mentions this to be a dialect of Jawoyn N57, on the basis of information he received from Merlan. Dixon also lists Ngarla'mi as a dialect of Jawoyn N57. It is, however, not clear whether it can be treated as a dialect of Jawoyn. Documentation on Jawoyn N57 may be relevant.
References: 
  • Harvey, Mark. 2003. Western Gunwinyguan. In The Non-Pama-Nyungan languages of northern Australia: comparative studies of the continent's most linguistically complex region, ed. Nicholas Evans, 285-303. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian languages: their nature and development: Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Location
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NT
Location information: 
while the area around the upper Ferguson river was apparently associated with the Ngarlahmi dialect of Jawoyn, the area immediately to the south of Pine Creek on the Cullen and mid-Ferguson was associated with the Dagoman-speaking Gayn-jiwortbort clan. Wulwulam appears to have bordered diecretly onto Jawoyn in the west. The upper Mary River above Moine appears to be associated with the Jawoyn language (Harvey 2003:297 - information provided by Merlan).
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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).

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Classification
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Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)ARNHEM LAND GROUPJawoynWarray groupNgarla'miJawoyn (or Jawonj or Adowen or Gun-djawan) further dialects: Genhinj'mi, Ngarla'mi, Lhetburrirt, Ngan-wirlang
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)