Y215: Kuuk Thaayunth

AIATSIS code: 
Y215
AIATSIS reference name: 
Kuuk Thaayunth

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Kuuk Thaayunth language Y215
Thesaurus heading people
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
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Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
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Tindale (1974)
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Tayunt [Hall MS 544]
Synonyms
Thayunth, Thaayunth, Tayunt
Comment
Comments: 
Alpher (2006 p.c.) says that wordlists in Hall (MS 544) for Thaayorre Y69, Thayem Y212, and Thayunhth indicate they are basically the same language. Gaby reports that Kuuk Thaayorre speakers remember the names of additional dialects Kuuk Thaayunth, Kuuk Thayem and Kuuk Thanon but these seem to have approximated standard Kuuk Thaayorre as speaker numbers dwindle (2006:3).
References: 
  • Gaby, Alice. 2006. A Grammar of Kuuk Thaayorre, Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, University of Melbourne: PhD. <https://web.archive.org/web/20070921033949/http://eprints.infodiv.unimel...
  • Hall, Allen. 1968. A depth-study of the Thaayorr language of the Edward River tribe, Cape York Peninsula : being a description of the phonology with a brief grammatical outline and samples of lexicon and oral literature. University of Queensland: Masters. MS 544.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 
Near Chapman River,'South side of river' (it is not clear whether the river here refers to Chapman River or another river (Hall MS 544).
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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
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Classification
SourceFamilyGroupSub-groupNameRelationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)WESTERN CAPE YORK PENINSULA AREAL GROUPUpper southwest Pama groupThayunthKuuk Thaayorre Hall (1972) further dialects: Yak, Kirka, Thayem, Thayunth
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)Pama-NyunganWestern PamaThaayunth
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)