W30: Nhuwala

AIATSIS code: 
W30
AIATSIS reference name: 
Nhuwala

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Nhuwala language W30
Thesaurus heading people
Nhuwala people W30
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Nhuwala
Ethnologue name
Nhuwala
ISO 639-3 code
nhf
Tindale name
Noala
Tindale (1974)
Nuala, Ngoala, Noella, Noanamaronga (Mardudun-era term), Nooanamaronga, Jawanmala (means 'downstream people,' name used by the Indjibandi), Nunkaberi.
O'Grady et al (1966)
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Glottocode
nhuw1239
Other sources
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Synonyms
Ngoala, Noala, Nornamaronga, Jawanmala, Noalla, Noanamaronga, Noella, Nooanamaronga, Nooanamarongo, Nooela, Nuala, Nuela, Nunkaberi, Nuwala
Comment
Comments: 
References: 
  • Radcliffe-Brown, A.R. 1913. The distribution of native tribes in part of Western Australia. Science of Man, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 34-35. (S 57/63)
  • Sutton, Peter. 1995. Country: Aboriginal boundaries and land ownership in Australia. Canberra: Aboriginal History Inc.
  • 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.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
WA
Location information: 

Coastal plain from about Cape Preston near the mouth of Fortescue River southwest in a strip about 40 miles (65 km.) wide to a line running south from Onslow, but not extending to the Ashburton River, which is held by the Talandji (Tindale 1974).

Nowala were a small group round Onslow (Palmer in Sutton 1995:99).

 

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PDF icon Oates_W30.pdf
Tindale 1974
Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal languages south of the Kimberley region
OLAC
SIL
http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=nhf
Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
Indigenous organisations: 
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates>20
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 Less than 20 pages 1
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual Less than 1 1
Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005) Pama-Nyungan South-West Coastal Ngayarda Nhuwala  
Dixon (2002)   GASCOYNE RIVER TO PILBARA AREAL GROUP Pilbara/Ngayarta areal group Nhuwala Nhuwala
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan South-West   Nhuwala  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan South-West Coastal Ngayarda Nhuwala  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Pilbara-Nyungar (Southwest) Coastal Ngayarda Nuwala  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Southwest (or Nyungic) Ngayarda Noala  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Southwest Ngayarda Noala