D47: PaaRuntyi | AIATSIS Collection

AIATSIS code:

D47

AIATSIS reference name:

PaaRuntyi

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Name

ABN name	-
ABS name	-
Horton name	Barundji
Ethnologue name	-
ISO 639-3 code	-
Tindale name	Parundji
Thesaurus heading language	PaaRuntyi language D47
Thesaurus heading people	PaaRuntyi people D47
Tindale (1974)	Paruindji (valid variant), Paruindi, Paruinji, Pa-roinge (read g as df), Barundji, Barungi, Barinji, Bahroonjee, Baroongee, Bahroongee, Barrengee, Parooinge, Barunga.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode	-
Other sources
Synonyms	Paaruntyi, Paakantyi, Barundji, Naualko, Parundji, Baarundji, Paruindji, Paruindi, Paruinji, Pa roinge, Barungi, Barinji, Bahroonjee, Baroongee, Bahroongee, Barrengee, Parooinge, Barunga

Comment

Comments:

This is a northern dialect of Paakantyi D12, along with Kurnu D25 and Naualko D19 (Hercus, 1993:3).

Curr (1886-7) includes a vocabulary by Scrivener and there is important manuscript material from RH Mathews dealing with the grammar.

PaaRuntyi shares some grammatical features with Kurnu and differs from Southern forms of Paakantyi in tense formation. In vocabulary it is closest to Pantyikali D17. Mrs Hannah Quayle provided Wurm with grammatical information and discussed traditional information with Jeremy Beckett (Hercus, 1993:11). Note that Hercus' Paakantyi grammar and dictionary is mainly on Southern Paakantyi D61 but includes PaaRuntyi vocabulary. The rhotic (r sound) in the language name is a retroflex glide (represented here by a capital letter) (Hercus, 1993:13).

References:

Hercus, Luise Anna. 1993. Paakantyi dictionary. Canberra: the author.
Hercus, Luise Anna. 1994. Paakantyi. In N. Thieberger & W. McGregor (eds), Macquarie Aboriginal words: a dictionary of words from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. North Ryde: Macquarie Library.
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.
Wafer, Jim, and Amanda Lissarrague. 2008. A handbook of Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Nambucca Heads: Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative.

Status:

Confirmed

Location

State / Territory:

NSW

Location information:

... the area around the Paroo to just north of Hungerford (Hercus 1993:11). Paroo River and Cuttaburra and Kulkyne Creek from Goorimpa north to Brindingabba, Berawinna Downs, and Hungerford, at Wanaaring and Yantabulla (Tindale 1974).

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Speakers

Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	-
1984	Senate	-
1990	Schmidt	-
1996	Census	-
2001	Census	-
2004	NILS	-
2005	Estimate	-
2006	Census	-
2011	Census	-
2016	Census	-

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	Medium (100-200 pages)	3
Text Collection	None	0
Grammar	Large grammar (more than 200 pages)	4
Audio-visual	None	0

Manuscript note:

Grammar:

Hercus, Luise. 1982. The Bagandji language: Pacific Linguistics B6.7 Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

Dictionary:

Hercus, Luise. 1993 Paakantyi dictionary. Canberra: Luise Hercus.

Classification

Source	Family	Group	Name
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)	Pama-Nyungan	Baagandji	Baarundji
Walsh (1981)	Pama-Nyungan	Baagandji	Baarundji
Oates (1975)
Wurm (1972)	Pama-Nyungan	Darling	Parundji
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)	Pama-Nyungan	Darling	Parundji