Y33: Gudjandju

AIATSIS code: 
Y33
AIATSIS reference name: 
Gudjandju

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Gudjandju language Y33
Thesaurus heading people
Gudjandju people Y33
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Tindale (1974)
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O'Grady et al (1966)
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Synonyms
Bondynj, Dhambanju, Jalndhalm, Koko Maln gan, Maln gan
Comment
Comments: 
Oates says that Ku:tyanyu (Y33) is a dialect of Gandju Y44 and distinguishes 'the central coastal area group of dialects from Umpila Y45 to the south and Uwtalngan Y222at the mission site' (1975:282). West recorded film of sign language (1964); Thompson says that Kuutjaanyu (Y33) is the word for 'look' in Kuuku-Ya?u Y22 (1976:232).
References: 
  • Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre
  • Thompson, David. 1976. A phonology of Kuuku-Ya?u. In Languages of Cape York, ed. Peter Sutton, 213-235. Canberra: AIAS.
  • West, LaMont. 1964. Notes for the Australian Aboriginal sign language film. MS 2456.
Status: 
Unconfirmed
Location
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Location information: 
... in Knight Island N. to mouth of Claudie R ., including the entire Lockhardt R. valley, but excluding the coastal strip from the Mission site around Cape Direction to Orchild Point (LMW) (Oates 1975: 282).
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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
TypeDocumentation StatusDocumentation Score
Word listLess than 20 pages1
Text CollectionNone0
GrammarNone0
Audio-visualNone0
Manuscript note: 
not available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
SourceFamilyGroupSub-groupNameRelationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)Pama-NyunganNorth-eastern PamaGudjandju
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)