S42: Tatungalung

AIATSIS Code: 
S42
AIATSIS Reference name: 
Tatungalung

tab group

Name
ABN Name
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ABS Name
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Horton Name
Kurnai (Tatungalung)
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Tatungalung
Thesaurus heading
Tatungalung language (S42) (Vic SJ55-11)
Tindale (1974)
Tatungolung, Tatoongolong, Tatunga, Tirthung, Tatung, Tirtalawakani (kani = man, tatung = south), Boul-boul (horde name?), Nulit (dialect name, shared with Bratauolung).
O'Grady et al (1966)
Tatungolung, Tatoongolong, Tatunga, Bouliboul
Glottocode
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Other sources
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Synonyms
Kurnai
Brabralung
Braiakaulung
Bratauolung
Ganai
Krauatungalung
Bouliboul
Bundahwark kani
Dadungalung
Gunggala dhang
Karnathun
Krauatun kurnai
Kroatungolung
Krow ithun koolo
Krowathun Koolung
Muk dhang
Nulit
Tatoongolong
Tatung
Tatunga
Tatungolung
Thang quai
Thangguai
Thangkwai
Tirtalawakani
Tirthung
Boul boul
Comment
Language comment
According to Clark (2005) and the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages, this is a dialect of Gunai / Kurnai S68. Gardner (1996:5) and Hercus (1969), however, treat it as the name of a group whose language is Kurnai S68. On the other hand, Howitt (1996:73) treats Tatungalung as the name of a clan whose language is Nulit S91, being one of three dialects of the language spoken by the Kurnai people. Walsh (1981) largely follows this analysis, with the exception of using Muk-thang as the cover term S68 as well as one of the dialects S45, and with the addition of Bidhawal S49 as a fourth dialect. Of Bidawal S49, Howitt (1996:79-81) comments that it is a mixture of Kurnai, Ngarigo S46 and 'Murring' (i.e. a Yuin language).
References

Clark, Ian. 2005. Aboriginal language areas in Victoria - a reconstruction: a report to Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.
Gardner, P. D. 1996. The language of the Kurnai tribes of Gippsland, with notes on grammar and pronunciation, by R. H. Mathews, and Kurnai-English, English-Kurnai vocabulary, compiled by P. D. Gardner. Ensay, VIC: Ngarak Press.
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.
Walsh, Michael. 1981. Maps of Australia and Tasmania. In Language atlas of the Pacific area Pt 1, eds S. A. Wurm and Shirô Hattori. Canberra: Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Status
Potential Data
Location
State
VIC
Location information
Coast along Ninety Mile Beach and about Lakes Victoria and Wellington from Lakes Entrance southwest to mouth of Merriman Creek, also on Raymond Island in Lake King. Hagenauer (1878) indicates four horde names and Howitt another (Tindale 1974).
Maps
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Catalogue
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Speakers
Speaker table
Oates 1973Senate 1984Schmidt 1990Census 1996Census 2001NILS 20042005 estimateCensus 2006
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Speaker NILS table
1-19 years20-39 years40-59 years60+
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NILS endangerment grade
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Documentation
Document Score: 
3
Documentation table: 
TypeDocumentation StatusDocumentation Score
Word listLess than 20 pages1
Text CollectionLess than 20 pages1
GrammarA few articles1
Audio-visualNone0
Manuscript Note: 
not available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
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Indigenous organisations: 
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Classification
Classification table: 
SourceFamilyGroupSub-groupNameRelationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)Nulit (spoken by the Braiakaulung, Bratauolung, Tatungalung tribes)Muk-Thang [dialects: Muk-Thang (Brabiralung), Thangguai, Bidhawal, Nulit (spoken by the Braiakaulung, Bratauolung, Tatungalung tribes)]
Oates (1975)Pama-NyunganKurnicDadungalung
Wurm (1972)Pama-NyunganKurnicTatungalung
O'Grady, Voegelin & Voegelin (1966)Pama-NyunganKurnicTatungalung