D5: Barababaraba | AIATSIS Collection

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Barababaraba

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Thesaurus heading language	Barababaraba language D5
Thesaurus heading people	Barababaraba people D5
ABN name	-
ABS name	Barababaraba
Horton name	Baraba Baraba
Ethnologue name	-
ISO 639-3 code	-
Tindale name	Baraparapa
Tindale (1974)	Burrabura-ba, Baraba-baraba, Barraba-barraba, Bareber Bareber, Birraba-birraba, Burreba-burreba, Boora-birraba, Burrappa, Burrapper, Bureba, Burabura, Boora-boora, Burapper, Barappur, Karraba (typographical error), Boort (a place name), ['perapa] = [barapa] = no.
O'Grady et al (1966)	Burraburburaba, Barababaraba, Barrababarraba, Boorabirraba, Burappa, Burabura, Booraboora, Burapper, Karraba, Boort
Glottocode	-
Other sources	Barababaraba, Burapper, Bareber Bareber, Berrapper dialect, Barrappur, Baraber, Barappur, Boraipar, Boora Boora, Lower Loddon tribe, Boora-Boora, Boort tribe, [considered by Tindale 1974 to be a varaint, Boora-boora, Barraba-barraba, Baraba Baraba, Gunbower Station dialect [no=Karraba, according to Tindale 1974 a transcription error], Baraba-baraba, Bureppa-burepp, Bureppa burepp, Burra-burra, Burra Burra, Burra-Burabra, Burabra, Bura-Bura, Burabura, Purabura, Purabapuraba, Buro-uhyo, Buro-Buro, Bura Bura, Bupre Bupre, Bura-bura, Bureppa Bureppa, Bureppa bureppa, Burabura, Bureba, BurrabaBurraba, Burraba, Burraba Burraba, Burraba-burraba, Barab-barabba, Buraburaba, Birraba-birraba, Baraba-baraba, Bereba-Bareba, Burrea dialect, Burreba-Burreba, Boorabirraba, Baraba-Baraba, Barapabarapa, Berebabereba, Bereba bereba, Baraparapa, Burraburra-ba, Boora-birraba, Burrappa, Burappur, Burrapper, Baraba Baraba [Clark (1990: 387] - some of these are alternatives of Burabura, which Clark 2005 considers as a dialect of Wemba Wemba Perrapa Perrapa [ALRRC] Perepa-Parepa [Wafer and Lissarrague 2008:64]
Synonyms	Baraba Baraba, Baraba baraba, Baraparapa, Barappur, Bareber Bareber, Barraba barraba, Barrababarraba, Birraba birraba, Boora boora, Boorabirraba, Booraboora, Boort, Burabura, Burappa, Burapper, Burrabura ba, Burraburburaba, Burreba burreba, Karraba, Beraba Beraba, Berrapper dialect, Barrappur, Baraber, Boraipar, Boora Boora, Lower Loddon tribe, Boort tribe

Comment

Comments:

Clark reports that, according to both Dixon (Working Papers) and Hercus (1986:3), the Wembawemba D1 and Barababaraba dialects were practically identical, and that Dixon's analysis of Wembawemba and Barababaraba indicates 93 percent shared vocabulary (1990:406).

Hercus (1992:1) says the western group of Kulin languages, made up of the 'Werkaya group', the 'Wembawemba group' and the 'Mathimathi group', are so closely related they must be considered dialects of one language (1992:1).

Hercus's Wembawemba group consists of Wembawemba D1, Perəpaperəpa (D5) and Narinari D9. Hercus also says that the Berəbaberəba (D5) language, called 'Bureba' by Mathews (1902b:172-174), was very similar to Wembawemba D1, citing comments by Wembawemba informants: 'Some people at Moonacullah said berəba ... for 'no' and their language was nearly the same, just a few words were different from ours' (1986:3).

References:

Clark, Ian. 1990. Aboriginal languages and clans: an historical atlas of western and central Victoria, 1800-1900: Monash Publications in Geography, 37. Melbourne: Department of Geographical and Environmental Science, Monash University.
Hercus, L.A. 1986. Victorian languages: a late survey: Pacific Linguistics B-77. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Hercus, L.A. 1992. Wembawemba dictionary [Wembawemba/English]. Canberra: L.A. Hercus.
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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NSW

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Location information:

Chiefly on southern tributaries of the Murrumbidgee River from above Hay, N.S.W., to Kerang, Vic.; at Cohuna, Gunbower, Brassi, Conargo, and across the river from Carrathool (Tindale 1974).

On Clark's map the area extends further to the south almost to Bendigo (1990).

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Speakers

Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	-
1984	Senate	-
1990	Schmidt	-
1996	Census	-
2001	Census	-
2004	NILS1	10
2005	Estimate	5
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	Less than 20 pages	1
Text Collection	None	0
Grammar	A few articles	1
Audio-visual	None	0

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Classification

Source	Family	Group	Sub-group	Name	Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)		WEST VICTORIAN AREAL GROUP	Kulin subgroup*	Baraba-Baraba	Wemba-Wemba Hercus (1986) further dialects: Baraba-Baraba, Madhi-Madhi, Wadi-Wadi, Ladji-Ladji, Nari-Nari, Wergaya, Djadjala, Wutjabulak, Martijali, Buibatyalli, Nundatyalli, Jab-wurrung, Pirt-Koopen-Noot, Jaja-wurrung
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)	Pama-Nyungan	Kulinic	Kulin	Baraparapa	Wemba Wemba [dialects: Wemba Wemba, Watiwati, Baraparapa, Wotjobaluk (Wergaia), Warkawarka, Latjilatji, Yariyari, Yaadwa, Yaara, Yugapulk]
Oates (1975)	Pama-Nyungan	Kulinic	Kulin	Beraba-Beraba
Wurm (1972)	Pama-Nyungan	Kulinic	Kulin	Baraparapa
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)	Pama-Nyungan	Yotayotic		Baraparapa