N49: Nambuguja

AIATSIS code: 
N49
AIATSIS reference name: 
Nambuguja

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
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Thesaurus heading people
Nambuguya people N49
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
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Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
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Tindale (1974)
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Nambuguja [Capell 1963] Ambugula, Numbugala [Elkin, Berndt and Berndt 1951]
Synonyms
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Comment
Comments: 
Capell cites Elkin, Berndt and Berndt (1951) as the source of information on Nambuguja, yet the publication only contains names vaguely similar. Upon closer inspection, the names listed there are more likely to be variants of other language names (e.g. Ambugula / Numbugala appear to be variants of Umbugarla N43). Tindale (1974) lists Nambuguja as a variant name for Ngomburr N40.1. Based on the information available, Nambuguja is unlikely to be a language name.
References: 
  • Capell, Arthur. 1963. Linguistic survey of Australia. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
  • Gunn, R. G. Upper East Alligator rock art project : Gabangan region field notes. MS 2977.
  • Elkin, Adolphus Peter, Ronald Berndt and Catherine Berndt. 1951. Social organization in Arnhem Land, l. Western Arnhem Land. Oceania 21(4):253-301.
  • Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre.
  • 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. Tribal boundaries in Aboriginal Australia. University of California Press/ANU Press.
Status: 
Unconfirmed
Location
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Location information: 

South west of Oenpelli Mission (Capell 1963).

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Programs
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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: 
not available
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975)       Nambuguja  
Wurm (1972)          
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)