A92: Tjapanmay

AIATSIS code: 
A92
AIATSIS reference name: 
Tjapanmay

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Tjapanmay language A92
Thesaurus heading people
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
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Ethnologue name
Nyunga [Tjapanmay]
ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
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Tindale (1974)
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Synonyms
Nyunga, Djabanmay
Comment
Comments: 

Douglas (1968), who collected some language data (PMS 5833), treats this as a dialect of Njungar W41. The location description given by Douglas (1976:5) for Tjapanmay ('New Norcia - Goomalling area') corresponds to part of the location Tindale (1974) describes for Balardong (W10).

Tindale says that the name'Tjap:anmai instead of Balardong, is used at Goomalling. Tindale gives 'Nukarni out from Merredin' as the location of the Tjapanmay dialect mentioned by Douglas, but this may simply be the place in which Douglas met the speaker.

It would seem Tjapanmay might be the name of the language variety spoken by the Balardong W10 people (i.e. the people of Balladong).

 

 

References: 
  • Douglas, Wilfrid. n.d. Word lists - Karlamay, Malpa, Tjapanmay, Watjanmay. (PMS 5833).
  • Douglas, Wilfrid H. 1968. The Aboriginal languages of south-west Australia: speech forms in current use and a technical description of Njungar: Australian Aboriginal Studies 14, Linguistic Series 4. Canberra: AIAS.
  • Douglas, Wilfrid H. 1976. The Aboriginal languages of the south-west of Australia, 2nd edition: Australian Aboriginal Studies, Research and Regional Studies 9. Canberra: AIAS.
  • 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
State / Territory: 
WA
Location information: 

... spoken around New Norcia and to the north-east. the New Norcia-Goomalling area (Douglas 1968:3).

 

Maps: 
  • Douglas, Wilfrid. 1976. The Aboriginal languages of the south-west of Australia, 2nd edn. Canberra: AIAS
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
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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
Type Documentation Status Documentation Score
Word list None 0
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual None 0
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005) Pama-Nyungan South-West Nyungar Nyunga [Tjapanmay] Nyunga [Former Nyungar languages: Tjapanmay, Karlamay, Pipelman (Pipalman), Ngatjumay, Kwetjman, Mirnong, Kaniyang, Pindjarup, Whadjuk.]
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan South-West   Tjapanmay  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan South-West Nyungar Tjapanmay  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Pilbara-Nyungar (Southwest) Njungar Djabanmay  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Southwest (or Nyungic) Nyungar Tjapanmay  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)