Y172: Wik Iyanh | AIATSIS Collection

AIATSIS code:

Y172

AIATSIS reference name:

Wik Iyanh

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Thesaurus heading language	Wik Iyanh language Y172
Thesaurus heading people
ABN name	-
ABS name	-
Horton name	-
Ethnologue name	Wik-Iiyanh
ISO 639-3 code	wij
Tindale name	Wikianji
Tindale (1974)	Wikianyi, Wik-Iyena.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode	wiki1239
Other sources	Wikianji, Wik-Iiyanyi, Wik-Iiyanh, Wik-Iiyeny [Sutton 1978:38 (these names probably refer to a number of distinct dialects)]
Synonyms	Kugu/Wik Iyanh, Wik Iiyanh, Wik Iyanja, Wikianji, Wik Iiyanyi, Wik Iiyeny, Wikianyi, Wik Iyena, Wik Iiyenj , Wik Iiyanji , Mungkanhu

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Comments:

Smith and Johnson describe six closely related patrilects Kugu Muminh Y43; Kugu Uwanh Y176; Kugu Ugbanh Y175; Kugu Mu'inh Y224; Kugu Yi'anh Y178 and Wik Iyanh Y172 under the language name Kugu Nganhcara Y59. Their grammar of this language is based primarily on Kugu Uwanh Y176 (2000:358). Dixon (2002) lists Wik-Iiyanh separately from Wik Iyanh (Y172). His data for Wik-Iiyanh is a word list by Martin and Sayers (1971), Ian Smith (2008 p.c.), however, identifies this word list as Wik Iyanh. This language belongs to a genetic language family (shared origins) which includes: Wik-Mungkan Y57; Wik-Ngathan Y54 and Y56; Wik-Ngatharr Y51; Wik-Ep Y52; Wik-Me'anh Y53; Wik-Keyangan Y173; Mungkanho; Kugu-Uwanh Y176; Kugu Muminh Y43; Kugu-Ugbanh Y175 and Kugu-Mu'inh Y53 (Sutton, 1993:32).

References:

Smith, Ian, and Steve Johnson. 2000. Kugu Nganhcara. In Handbook of Australian languages, vol. 5, eds R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake, 355-489. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian languages: their nature and development: Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sutton, Peter. 1978. Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia, University of Queensland: PhD. (MS 1274).
Sutton, Peter. 1993. Material culture traditions of the Wik people, Cape York Peninsula. In Records of the South Australian Museum; v. 27 no. 1, pp. 31-52.
Martin, Michael Winnington, and Barbara Sayers. 1971. Wik-Iiyan word list. (PMS 2500).

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Confirmed

Location

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QLD

Location information:

Kugu Nganhcara: between Kendall River and Moonkan Creek. Today, it is spoken chiefly at Edward River and Aurukun (Smith & Johnson 2000). Smith and Johnson (2000) say that Wik Iyanh estates predominate in the inland region. Between Kendall River and Christmas Creek according to Sutton's map (1978).

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Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	-
1984	Senate	-
1990	Schmidt	-
1996	Census	-
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2004	NILS1	-
2005	Estimate	-
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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	Less than 20 pages	1
Text Collection	None	0
Grammar	None	0
Audio-visual	Less than 1	1

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Classification

Source	Family	Group	Sub-group	Name	Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)	Pama-Nyungan	Paman	Middle Pama	Wik-Iiyanh
Dixon (2002)		NORTH CAPE YORK SUBGROUP*	Wik subgroup*	Kugu/Wik-Iyanh	Kugu-Muminh (WikMuminh) (or Kugu/Wik-Nganhcara) Smith and Johnson (2000) further dialects (all preceded by Kugu/Wik-): Mu'inh, Uwanh, Ugbanh, Yi'anh, Mangk, Iyanh
Wurm (1994)	Pama-Nyungan	Paman		Wik-Iiyanh
Walsh (1981)	Pama-Nyungan	Paman	Middle Pama	Wik-Iiyanh
Oates (1975)				Wik Iyanja
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)