N191: Gun-narta

AIATSIS code: 
N191
AIATSIS reference name: 
Gun-narta

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Synonyms
Gu-jingarliya, Gidjingali, An-barra, Anbara, Burarra, Burrara
Comment
Comments: 
Burarra N82 is the language of the Burarra and Gun-nartpa N81 people from the Blyth and Cadell River regions and Maningrida in North-Central Arnhem land. The Burarra language consists of three dialects: An-barra people speak Gun-narta N191; Martay people speak Gun-narda N190 and Mu-golarra people (also called Mukarli) speak Gun-nartpa N81 (Glasgow and Glasgow, 2011). Gun-narta (N191) and Gun-narda call their dialects Gu-jingarliya (Glasgow, 1994:7). Glasgow describes Gurrgoni or Gun-gurrgoni N75 as a dialect of the Burarra N82 language family (1994:7). An-barra and Martey peoples refer to their dialects (Gun-narta N191 and Gun-narda N190) as Gu-jingarliya and Mu-golarra aka Mukarli people refer to theirs (Gun-nartpa N81) as Gu-jarlabiya. An-barra and Martay people were called Burarra by their eastern neighbours; all three dialect groups share close cultural and social interaction (Glasgow, 1994:7).
References: 
  • Glasgow, Kathleen and David Glasgow, 2011. Burarra-English Interactive Dictionary.
  • <http://ausil org/Dictionary/Burarra/lexicon/mainintro.htm>
  • Glasgow, Kathleen. 1994. Burarra-Gun-nartpa dictionary with English finder list. Darwin: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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Confirmed
Location
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NT
Location information: 
An-barra at the 'base' (mouth) of the Blyth River, located on the west side (Glasgow, 1994:7).
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
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2014NILS2
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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
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002) ARNHEM LAND GROUP Maningrida subgroup* Gun-narta Burarra R. Green (1987) dialects: Gun-narda, Gun-narta (collectively also known as Gidjingali(ya) or Anbarra), Gun-nartpa. (also known as Gudjarlabiya)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)