Mandandanyi D44, Gunggari and Kogai D38 could all refer to the same language, spoken roughly in the area where Tindale located Mandandanji D44 and Kunggari (D37) (Breen, 2006 p.c.). The names Gunggari and (possibly) Kogai originate in a Wangkumara L25 word for 'east', 'kungkari', while Mandandanyi comes from the word 'manda' meaning 'go', a word found in the Maranoa-Balonne-Nebine area.
From the location of Kogai D38 given by Ridley (1875) and Mathews (1904), it appears 'Kogai tribes' might include Guwamu (Kooma) D33. Tindale (1974) uses Kogai D38 as the name of the language spoken by the Mandandanji D44, Kunggari (D37) and Barrungam D40, but Kite and Wurm (2004) treat Barunggam as a dialect of Waga-Waga E28.
In this database, Kogai D38 is treated as a language name and Mandandanyi D44, Gunggari and Guwamu D33 are treated as potential dialects of Kogai, although as Breen says, these terms could just be alternative names of Kogai. Tindale says that the Mandandanji D44 were amalgamated with the Kunggari (D37) in the early days of white occupation.
Not to be confused with Kungkari L38.
Upper Nebine and Mungallala creeks from Bonna Vonna and Ballon north to Morven and Mungallala. Extended eastward and partly absorbed the Mandandanji in early historic times (Tindale 1974). The Coongurri come from the Maranoa or perhaps even the Warrego river (Barlow 1873:174). Roma, Mitchell, Taroom, Surat, Charlevilla and Cunnamulla (Holmer 1983:179).
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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).
