D7: Yitha Yitha

AIATSIS code: 
D7
AIATSIS reference name: 
Yitha Yitha

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Yitha Yitha language D7
Thesaurus heading people
Yitha Yitha people D7
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Yitha Yitha
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Jitajita
Tindale (1974)
Ita-ita, Ithi-ithi, Iti-iti, Eethie-Eethie, Eethee Eethee, Eetha-eetha, Yetho, Yit-tha, Yitsa, ['Hiõa hiõa] (['jita] = ['i:ta] = no), Tjuop (valid alternative).
O'Grady et al (1966)
Bayangil, Itaita, Ithiithi, Eethaeetha, Yitha, Yitsa
Glottocode
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Other sources
Yitayita [Hercus 1993]
Synonyms
Jitu Jitu, Yida Yida, Bayangil, Eetha Eetha, Eethanaeetha, Eethee Eethee, Eethie Eethie, i7a Yida, Ita ita, Itaiithi, Itaita, Ithi ithi, Iti iti, Jida Jida, Jitajita, Tjuop, Yetho, Yit tha, Yitha, Yitsa, Ithiithi, Eethaeetha, Yitayita
Comment
Comments: 

Hercus (1962:7) says Yitayita (D7) is 'the same' as Thati-thati S28 and that both are totally different from the surrounding languages.

Following a reference to 'Victorian languages: a late survey' (Hercus 1986), Oates and Oates (1970:142) say that Dadidadi S28 'belongs to the Jitajita (D7) language'. This is presumably an interpretation of 'the same' in Hercus (1962), though Hercus (1986:101) writes of 'two languages', Yidayida (D7) and Dadidadi S28, and does not specify the relationship between them.

Clark states that Tharrti-Tharrti and Yitha-Yitha share 80% common vocabulary (1996:9 in Wafer & Lissarrague, 2008: 29). Dixon treats Tharrti-Tharrti as a dialect of Yitha-Yitha (2002: xxxvi, in Wafer & Lissarrague 2008:30).

 

References: 
  • Hercus, Luise Anna. 1986. Victorian languages: a late survey: Pacific Linguistics B-77. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  • Hercus, Luise. 1987 [1962]. Victorian languages: summary of recorded work since April 1962. (PMS 4560)
  • Horgen, Michael. 2004. The languages of the Lower-Murray, Department of Linguistics, Latrobe University: MA. (MS 4456 CD).
  • Oates, William J. & Lynette F. Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia: Australian Aboriginal Studies 33, Linguistic Series 12. 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.
  • 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: 

At Oxley, along Lachlan River from Booligal to Balranald (Map in Horgen 2004). Northern side of Lachlan River from near Booligal - to vicinity of Balranald, west to Carrawathal (Tindale 1974).

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Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-
1996Census-
2001Census-
2004NILS1-
2005Estimate-
2006Census-
2011Census-
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 Less than 20 pages 1
Text Collection Less than 20 pages 1
Grammar A few articles 1
Audio-visual Less than 1 1
Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)   LOWER MURRAY AREAL GROUP   Yitha-Yitha Yitha-Yitha further dialect: Dardi-Dardi (Tati-Tati, Ta-tati)
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Ngarinyeric-Yithayithic   Yitha-Yitha  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Ngarinyeric-Yithayithic   Yitha-Yitha  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Narrinyeric Ngult Yida-Yida  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Narrinyeric Ngult Jidajida  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Kulinic Kulin Jitajita