Y95: Kutjal

AIATSIS code: 
Y95
AIATSIS reference name: 
Kutjal

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Kutjal language Y95
Thesaurus heading people
Kutjal people Y95
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
Kutjal (Kutabal)
Tindale (1974)
Kuritja:l (valid alternative), Kutabal, Kuthabal, Koochulburra, Okuntjel, Kwearriburra (probably a horde).
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Kutabal, Kuttabal [Oates & Oates 1970:204]
Synonyms
Kutabal, Kuttabal, Gudabal, Kuritja:l, Kuthabal, Koochulburra, Okuntjel, Kwearriburra, Kudjal
Comment
Comments: 
Sommer could not trace the name Gudabal, he comments that it may be associated with Nar or Nhang G29 (Oates,1975:384). There is no item in MURA on Gudabal either. However, in this database it is treated as a potential language name as no other language appears to be identified for the area in which Tindale (1974) places Kutjal (Y95).
References: 
  • Oates, William J., and Lynette F. Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia: Australian Aboriginal Studies 33, Linguistic Series 12. Canberra: AIAS.
  • Capell, Arthur. 1963. Linguistic survey of Australia. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
  • Tindale, Norman B. 1974. Aboriginal tribes of Australia: their terrain, environmental controls, distribution, limits, and proper names. Berkeley: University of California Press/Canberra: Australian National University Press.
  • Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre.
  • Mathews, R. H. 1898. The group divisions and initiation ceremonies of the Barkungee tribes. Royal Society of New South Wales -- Journal and Proceedings, v.32, 1898; 241-255.
  • Urquhart, F. C. 1985. Legends of the Australian Aborigines. Royal Anthropological Institute -- Journal, v.14, no.1, 1885; 87-88.
Status: 
Potential no data
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 

Middle Staaten River, Q (Oates & Oates 1970:204, Capell 1963). Upper Staaten and middle Einasleigh rivers; north to about Lynd River; south to about Lane Creek and the northern vicinity of Georgetown. Not to be confused with the Kutjala (Tindale 1974).

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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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Word list None 0
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual None 0
Manuscript note: 
not available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975) Unclassified     Gudabal  
Wurm (1972)          
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)