Sourcebook for Central Australian Languages (1981):
Ngaanyatjarra (A38 ) in Sourcebook for Central Australian Languages (1981).
Ngarinman
- Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:
- Ngarinman (AC,SAW,O'G,RLS,AIAS), Waringari (AIAS) (not a language name,, according to Hudson, Vaszolyi) Waringari has been grouped with Wanjira. See Jaru for information on Wanjira.
- Classification of the language:
- Northern Western Desert Type, Ngumbin subgroup, (eastern Kimberleys) (Waringari, A.063)
- Identification codes:
- Oates '73: 59.5 (Waringari, 59.3b)
- AIAS: C.027 (Waringari, A63)
- Capell: C21 (Waringari, A38)
- Present number and distribution of speakers:
- Victoria River Downs, Yaralin outstation of VRD, Humbert River, eastern Kimberleys
- Milliken, 1972 -- 171
- Black, 1979 -- up to 170
- People who have worked intensively on the language:
- None.
- Practical orthography:
- None; Gurindji may be suitable.
- Word lists:
- Capell, Leeding.
- Grammar or sketch grammar:
- Capell (brief).
- Material available on the language:
- Breen, J.G. 1972. (recordings of a few songs)
- Capell, A. Ngarinman vocabulary. 21p. ts. Sydney. (about 500 words, Ngarinman-English)
- ---------- 1940. The classification of languages in north and north-west Australia. Oceania 10.3:241-272, 10.4:404-433. tbls. maps. (brief comparative vocabularies, grammatical
- study, outline phonetics)
- Douglas, Wilfrid H. 1976. Comment on the paper "Metamorphosis and process in Kitja". Talanaya 3:37-43.
- Leeding, Velma J. 1971. Gurindji and Ngarinman word lists. 15p. ts. SIL.
- ---------- 1971. Word lists: Mudbura and Ngarinman. 14p. ts. SIL. (p 10707, AIAS)
- ---------- 1973. Observations on Ngarinman phonology and grammar. 21p. ts. SIL.
- Nekes, H. & E.A. Worms. 1953. Australian languages. Fribourg: Anthropos-Institut. Micro-Bibliotheca Anthropos vol.10. 1059p.
- Literacy material:
- None.
Kathy Menning (comp.) and David Nash (ed.) 1981. © IAD Press
AIATSIS gratefully acknowledges IAD Press for permission to use this material in AUSTLANG.
Handbook of Kimberley Languages (1988):
Pantikura (A76* ) in Handbook of Kimberley Languages (1988).
8.13 Wanyjirra / Wandjira
- Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:
- Wandjira (AIAS, Capell, Oates, Tsunoda, Wurm), Wanjira (Wurm), Wanjira:, Wanyjirra (Black & Walsh, KLS, McConvell), Mulbera (Kaberry, alternate name), Waringari (Oates, alternate name), Waiangara (Peile)
- Wanjira is grouped with Waringari in Oates (1973). It is, however, doubtful whether Waringari is a language name; more likely it is the pan-eastern Kimberley word waringarri which means 'a big group of people'. According to McConvell (1985:98), Wanyjirra is very similar to Gurindji; indeed, remarks on pages 107 and 108 of his article seem to suggest that Gurindji and Wanyjirra are in a dialectal relationship.
- Classification of the language:
- Northern Western Desert type, Ngumpin subgroup
- Identification codes:
- AIAS: K21
- Oates 1973: 59.3b
- Capell: K3
- Present number and distribution of speakers:
- Traditionally, between Upper Baines and Ord Rivers.
- Milliken estimates about 50 speakers in the NT, Inverway, Wave Hill.
- Milliken (1972) - 54
- Black (1979 ) - about 50
- People who have worked intensively on the language:
- Tsunoda, late 1970s, collected some information on the language during the course of his intensive investigation of Jaru in Halls Creek.
- McConvell, 1975-1980, collected some information on the language in the Victoria River region.
- Practical orthography:
- None established. The South Kimberley orthography or some variant would be suitable.
- Word lists:
- None
- Textual material:
- None
- Grammar or sketch grammar:
- None
- Material available on the language:
- McConvell, P. 1985. Domains and codeswitching among bilingual Aborigines. In Clyne, M. (ed.), Australia, meeting place of languages. Canberra: PL, C-92. 95-125.
- Tsunoda, T. 1975-1979. [Djaru field notes.] 24 parts. manuscript. AIAS Ms 1381. (A1;B4).
- Language programme:
- None
- Language learning material:
- None
- Literacy material:
- None
McGregor, William. 1988 Handbook of Kimberley Languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. © Author.
AIATSIS gratefully acknowledge William McGregor for permission to use his material in AUSTLANG.
