Y110: Bulway

AIATSIS code: 
Y110
AIATSIS reference name: 
Bulway

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Bulway language Y110
Thesaurus heading people
Bulwanydji people Y110
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Djabuganjdji (Buluwai)
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Buluwai
Tindale (1974)
Buluwandji (valid alternative), Bulwandji, Buluwan-dyi, Bulwandyi, Bulway.
O'Grady et al (1966)
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Glottocode
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Other sources
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Synonyms
Djabuganjdji, Buluwai, Irukandjai, Tjapukai, Buluwandji, Buluwandyi, Bulwandji, Bulwandyi, Buluwan dyi
Comment
Comments: 

Patz says this is a dialect of Djabugay Y106 (1991:246).

Documentation on Djabugay Y106 may be relevant.

 

References: 
  • Patz, Elisabeth. 1991. Djabugay. In Handbook of Australian languages, vol. 4, eds R. M. W. Dixon and B. J. Blake, 244-347. Oxford: Oxford University 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.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 

East of Tolga on crest of Coast Range; north to Kuranda (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-
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
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)   CAIRNS SUBGROUP*   Bulway Djabugay Patz (1991) further dialects: Yirrgay, Bulway, Guluy, Njagali
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Yidinyic   Bulway Dyaabugay [dialects: Dyaabugay, Bulway, Yirgay, Guluy, Nyagali]
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Yidinic   Bulway  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Yidinic   Bulway  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)