Y79: Guugu-Nyiguudyi

AIATSIS code: 
Y79
AIATSIS reference name: 
Guugu-Nyiguudyi

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Guugu-Nyiguudyi language Y79
Thesaurus heading people
Guugu-Nyiguudyi people Y79
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
Kokonjekodi
Tindale (1974)
Koko-negodi, Bindjiwara, Beengeewarra, ? Gugu-Almura.
O'Grady et al (1966)
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Glottocode
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Other sources
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Synonyms
Mun ba rah, Munbara, Nggodi, Njekodi, Ngegudi, Kokonjekodi, Koko negodi, Bindjiwara, Beengeewarra, Gugu Almura
Comment
Comments: 
Sutton indicates Guugu-Nyiguudyi (Y79) is a dialect of Guugu Yimidhirr Y82 (in Oates 1975:258-259).
References: 
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. Guugu Yimidhirr. In Handbook of Australian languages vol. 1, eds R. M. W. Dixon and B. J. Blake, 27-180. Canberra: ANU Press.
  • Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre
  • Sutton, Peter. 1993. The Flinders Islands and Melville National Parks Land Claim. MS 3813 Vol.1.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 
... associated with the coast immediately north-west of Jeannie River at about Murdoch Point (Haviland 1979 in Sutton MS 3813: 32). Area of Brown'a Peak (Guraabin), south-east of Red Point, lower Jeannie River to Hummock Creek, 'Maddock Point' (?Murdoch Point). (Sutton, 1993, Appendix 2: clans 57, 58).
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Tindale 1974
Programs
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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).

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Manuscript note: 
on Gogo-Yimidjir
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
SourceFamilyGroupSub-groupNameRelationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)Pama-NyunganYalanjicOates also classified this as Barrow Point (Cape Melville) group.Ngegudi
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)