Y104: Kuku Wakura

AIATSIS code: 
Y104
AIATSIS reference name: 
Kuku Wakura

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Kuku Wakura language Y104
Thesaurus heading people
Kuku Wakura people Y104
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Agwamin (Wakara), Kuku-yalanji (Wakara)
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Wakara
Tindale (1974)
Wakura, Wakoora, Koko-wogura, Kookoowarra (of Mathews; means 'bad speakers'), Wun-yurika.
O'Grady et al (1966)
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Glottocode
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Other sources
Wakura [Patz 1982]
Synonyms
Kuku, Wakura, Agwamin, Wakara, Kuku yalanji, Ewamin, Wakamon, Djankun, Jungkurara, Kokojelandji, Kokokulunggur, Kokowalandja, Muluridji, Wulpura, Gugu Wagara, Koko wogura, Kookoowarra, Kuku Wagara, Wakoora, Woggara, Wun yurika, Wagara
Comment
Comments: 

This is a dialect of Kuku Yalanji Y78 (Patz, 1982). Documentation on Kuku Yalanji Y78 may be relevant.

 

References: 
  • Patz, Elisabeth. 1982. A grammar of the Kuku Yalanji language of north Queensland, Australian National University: PhD. (MS 1826).
  • Patz, Elizabeth. 2002. A grammar of the Kuku Yalanji language of north Queensland: Pacific Linguistics 527. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 

Speakers of the Kuku Yalanji language traditionally inhabited an area of over 2000 sq km extending from the Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to presumably just west of Mt Mulgrave (Patz 2002:6).

Southern side of upper Mitchell River; east to Mount Mulligan; west to Wrotham Park and Blackdown (Tindale 1974).

 

 

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Tindale 1974
Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
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Indigenous organisations: 
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-
1996Census-
2001Census-
2004NILS11
2005Estimate1
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: 
tape transcription/field note available (vocabulary only)
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)       (Kuku-)Wakura Kuku-Yalanji Patz (1982) further dialects: Kuku-Njungkul, Kuku-Bididji, Kuku-Dungay, Kuku- Buyundji, Kuku-Kulunggur, Kuku-Yalaja (or Kuku-Yelandji), Koko-Walandja, (Kuku-)Wakura, (Kuku-) Wakaman, (Kuku-)Djangun, (Kuku-) Muluridji, Kuku-Jakandji
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Yalanjic   Wagara  
Wurm (1972)          
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)