N65: Kunwinjku | AIATSIS Collection

AIATSIS code:

N65

AIATSIS reference name:

Kunwinjku

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Name

Thesaurus heading language	Kunwinjku language N65
Thesaurus heading people	Kunwinjku people N65
ABN name	Kunwinjku language
ABS name	Kunwinjku
Horton name	Gunwinggu
Ethnologue name	Gunwinggu
ISO 639-3 code	gup
Tindale name	Gunwinggu
Tindale (1974)	Gunwingu, Gunwingo, Wengi, Wengei, Wengej, Gundeidjeme, Gundjeipmi (horde on upper Liverpool River), Kulunglutji, Kulunglutchi, Gundjeibmi, Gundja-jeimi, Gundeijeme, Gundeidjeme, Margulitban (a group within the tribe), Unigangk, Urnigangg, Koorungo, Neinggu (of Maung tribe), Neinngu, Mangaridji, Mangeri.
O'Grady et al (1966)	Gunwingu, Gunwingo, Gunawitji, Witji, Kulunglutji, Kulunglutchi, Koorungo
Glottocode	gunw1252
Other sources	Gunwinggu, Maielli, Majali [Top End Handbook] Kundangyohmi [Garde 2002]
Synonyms	Gunwinjgu, Mayali, Bininj Gun wok, Neinggu, Gunwinggu, Mangeri, Mengerrdji, Menngarr, Gumawurag, Gunawitji, Gundeidjeme, Gundeijeme, Gundjajeimi, Gundjeibmi, Gundjeipmi, Gunei, Gunrerg, Gunwinghu, Gunwingo, Gunwingu, Gunwinngu, Gunwinygu, Gunwunei, Gurmadja madja, Koorunge, Koorungo, Kulunglutchi, Kulunglutji, Kulungutchi, Kuninjku, Mangaridji, Margulitban, Muralidan, Neing gu, Neinggu, Neinngu, Unigangk, Urnigangg, Wengei, Wengej, Wengi, Wunei, Gunwiggu, Witji, Maielli, Majali, Gundja jeimi, Kunwinku

Comment

Comments:

Evans describes Kunwinjku as a dialect of Bininj Gun-Wok N186, a term he introduced to describe the relationships between Kunwinjku and Gun-djeihmi N71, Kune Narayek and Kune Dulerayek N70, Kuninjku N173, Gun-dedjnjenghmi N171 and Manyallaluk Mayali N44 (v:2003).

Other writers use Kunwinjku term as a language name, that is, an equivalent of Bininj Gun-wok, see Dixon 2002.

It appears that items described as being on Kunwinjku in MURA includes materials on other dialects of Bininj Gun-Wok N186.

References:

Evans, Nicholas. 2003. Bininj Gun-wok: a pan-dialectal grammar of Mayali, Kunwinjku and Kune: Pacific Linguistics 541. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian languages: their nature and development: Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Status:

Confirmed

Location

State / Territory:

Location information:

Approximately twenty miles from the coast at its closest point. from the upper reaches of the Coopers Creek, north of Oenpelli, to the Liverpool River, south-west of Maningrida. Gunbalanya (formerly Oenpelli) (Evans 2003:13).

Maps:

Links

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Karriwokdi Kunwok! Let's speak Kunwok!

Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages

Bininj Kunwok Online Dictionary

Kunwinjku seasons calendar

Programs

Activities:

People:

Arthur Capell, Peter Carroll, Carolyn Coleman, Nick Evans, Joy Harris, Alice Moyle, Katherine Regional Aboriginal Language Centre, Oenpelli Literature Production Centre, Bible Society

Indigenous organisations:

Bininj Kunwok: kunwok dja mankarre kadberre - our language, our culture http://bininjkunwok.org.au

Speakers

Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	900
1984	Senate	900
1990	Schmidt	900
1996	Census	1400
2001	Census	961
2004	NILS1	47
2005	Estimate	-
2006	Census	915
2011	Census	-
2014	NILS2
2016	Census	-
2018-2019	NILS3

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	Large (more than 200 pages)	4
Text Collection	Large (more than 200 pages)	4
Grammar	Large grammar (more than 200 pages)	4
Audio-visual	More than 10	3

Manuscript note:

tape transcription/field note available

Grammar:

Evans, Nicholas. 2003. Bininj Gun-Wok: a pan-dialectal grammar of Mayali, Kunwinjku and Kune: Pacific Linguistics 541, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

Carroll, Peter. 1976. Kunwinjku: a language of Western Arnhem Land, Australian National University: MA.

Dictionary:

Garde, Murray. Kuninjku (Bininj Kun-wok) slash-coded word list, AILEC 0799

Classification

Source	Family	Group	Sub-group	Name	Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)	Gunwingguan	Gunwinggic		Gunwinggu	Gunwinggu [dialects: Gumadir, Muralidban, Gunei, Gundjeipme, Naiali]
Dixon (2002)		ARNHEM LAND GROUP	Gunwinjgu-Gunbarlang group	Gunwinjgu (or Mayali, or Bininj Gun-wok, or Neinggu)	Gunwinjgu (or Mayali, or Bininj Gun-wok, or Neinggu) Oates (1964), Evans (1991, forthcoming) further dialects include: Guninjku, Gundjeihmi, Kune, Gundedjnjenghmi
Wurm (1994)	Gunwinyguan	Gunwinygic		Gunwinygu
Walsh (1981)	Gunwinyguan	Gunwinygic		Gunwinygu (Gunwinggu)
Oates (1975)	Gunwingguan	Gunwinjgic	Bininj	Gunwinjgu
Wurm (1972)	Gunwingguan	Gunwinggic		Gunwinggu
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)	Gunwingguan	Gunwinggic	Binin	Gunwiggu