A29: Wawula | AIATSIS Collection

AIATSIS code:

A29

AIATSIS reference name:

Wawula

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Name

Thesaurus heading language	Wawula language A29
Thesaurus heading people	Wawula people A29
ABN name	-
ABS name	-
Horton name	Wawula
Ethnologue name	-
ISO 639-3 code	-
Tindale name	Wardal (Waula), Madoitja (Waula)
Tindale (1974)	Tjitijamba (an indeterminate term sometimes given for this tribe), Tjitjijamba, Waula (means 'northerners' applied by Pini) for Wardal. Marduidji, Milamada, ? Wainawonga, Konin (of southern tribes), Waula (means 'northerners,' applied by Pini) for Madoitja
O'Grady et al (1966)	Ngaiuwonga
Glottocode	-
Other sources	Ngaiu(-wonga), Ngayuwanga, Waula, Wawlwulu [<ozbib>Oates & Oates 1970:73$4487</ozbib>]
Synonyms	Madoitja, Wardal, Wirdinja, Ngaiu, Ngayuwanga, Waula, Wawlwulu, Ngaiuwonga, Wawulja, Tjitijamba, Tjitjijamba, Waula for Wardal, Marduidji, Milamada, Wainawonga, Konin, Waula for Madoitja

Comment

Comments:

The identity of this name is not clear. Oates (1975:107) says this is probably same as Bidungu A40. However, Bidungu itself does not refer to a specific language. Tindale (1974) treats Waula (A29), which means 'northerners', as an alternative name of Wardal A19 and Madoitja A41.

References:

Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre.
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.

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Potential data

Location

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Location information:

Northwest of the Warburton Ranges (Oates 1975:107)

Maps:

Horton, David. 1996. Aboriginal Australia (map). Canberra: AIATSIS.

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Speakers

Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	-
1984	Senate	-
1990	Schmidt	-
1996	Census	-
2001	Census	-
2004	NILS1	-
2005	Estimate	-
2006	Census	-
2011	Census	-
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	None	0
Text Collection	None	0
Grammar	None	0
Audio-visual	None	0

Manuscript note:

Bates items in MURA seem to be on Ngadawanga (A30).

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Classification

Source	Family	Group	Sub-group	Name
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)	Pama-Nyungan	Western Desert Proper	Wati	Wawulja
Wurm (1972)	Pama-Nyungan	Southwest (or Nyungic)	Western Desert Language	Wawula
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)	Pama-Nyungan	Southwest	Wati	Waula