Y121: Ngadjon | AIATSIS Collection

AIATSIS code:

Y121

AIATSIS reference name:

Ngadjon

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Name

Thesaurus heading language	Ngadjon language Y121
Thesaurus heading people	Ngadjondji people Y121
ABN name	-
ABS name	Cape York Peninsula Languages, nec (Ngadyan etc.)
Horton name	Djirbalngan (Ngatjan)
Ethnologue name	Dyirbal [Ngadjan]
ISO 639-3 code	-
Tindale name	Ngatjan
Tindale (1974)	Alt.: Ngatjai (as in the phrase I am a Ngatjai man), Ngadyan, Ngadyandyi, Ngachanji, Ngaitjandji, Ngadjen, Natchin, Ngadyan, Nga:tja (Tindale says this is derived from the name of a man from this group who passed away in 1904), Narcha, Jitjam (name of a lake), Hucheon, Eacham, Eashim, Eaton, Russell River dialect (Meston).
O'Grady et al (1966)	Ngadja, Ngachanji, Ngaitjandji
Glottocode	-
Other sources
Synonyms	Cape York Peninsula Languages, Ngadyan etc, Dyirbal, Djirbalngan, Ngatjan, Djiru, Giramay, Gulngai, Jirrbalngan, Keramai, Malanbara, Mamu, Eacham, Eashim, Eaton, Hucheon, Jitjam, Madandji, Majanji, Narcha, Natchin, Nga:tja, Ngachan ji, Ngachanji, Ngadjandji, Ngadjen, Ngadyan, Ngadyandyi, Ngai djandji, Ngaitjandji, Ngatjai, Ngendjen, Russell River dialect, Ngadja, Alt, Ngatjai

Comment

Comments:

Dixon describes this as a dialect of Dyirbal Y123 (1972: 23-24). Ngadyan Y121 (Ngadyandyi people).

Other Dyirbal language varieties are: Gulngay Y126 (Malanbara people), Dyiru Y124 (Dyirubagala people), Dyirbal Y123 (Dyirbalngan or Dyirbaldyi people), Giramay Y127 (Giramaygan people) and Mamu Y122 (Waribara, Dulgubara, Bagirigabara, Dyiribara Y151 and Mandubara peoples) (1972:24, 2002).

References:

Dixon, R. M. W. 1972. The Dyirbal language of north Queensland. London: Cambridge University Press.
Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian languages: their nature and development: Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Status:

Confirmed

Location

State / Territory:

QLD

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Indigenous organisations:

North Queensland Regional Aboriginal Corporation Language Centre

Speakers

Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	-
1984	Senate	-
1990	Schmidt	-
1996	Census	-
2001	Census	-
2004	NILS1	-
2005	Estimate	?0
2006	Census	-
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	None	0
Text Collection	None	0
Grammar	A few articles	1
Audio-visual	1-10	2

Manuscript note:

tape transcription/field note available (vocabulary only)

Grammar:

Dixon, R. M. W. 1972. The Dyirbal language of north Queensland. London: Cambridge University Press.

Dictionary:

Classification

Source	Family	Group	Sub-group	Name	Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)	Pama-Nyungan	Dyirbalic		Dyirbal [Ngadjan]	Dyirbal [dialects: Dyiru, Girramay (Keramai), Gulnguy (Gulngay), Mamu, Ngadjan (Ngatjan).]
Dixon (2002)		HERBERT RIVER GROUP		Ngadjan	Dyirbal Dixon (1972, 1990a) dialects: Ngadjan, Waribarra Mamu, Dulgubarra Mamu, Jirrbal, Gulngay, Djirru, Girramay, Walmalbarra
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)	Pama-Nyungan	Dyirbalic		Ngadyan	Dyirbal [dialects: Ngadyan, Waribarra Mamu, Dulgubarra Mamu, Dyirribarra Mamu, Dyiru, Gulngay, Girramay, Gambilbarra Dyirrbal, Gambilbarra Dyirrbal, Dyabunbarra Dyirrbal, Walmalbarra]
Oates (1975)
Wurm (1972)	Pama-Nyungan	Pama-Maric	Dyirbalic	Ngadyan
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)	Pama-Nyungan	Pama-Maric	Yara	Ngatjan