E31: Yiman

AIATSIS code: 
E31
AIATSIS reference name: 
Yiman

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Yiman language E31
Thesaurus heading people
Yiman people E31
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Yiman
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Jiman
Tindale (1974)
Iman, Emon, Nimmi (name of an area of plain country).
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Yeeman [Meston 1955]
Synonyms
Jiman, Emon, Iman, Jimun, Nimmi, Yimun, Yeeman, Yiiman
Comment
Comments: 

Tindale (1974:171) provides a location but no other information.

Breen questions the classification of Yiman as a Maric language and calls it a Waka-Waka E28 dialect or group of dialects (2009:222-3).

 

References: 
  • Breen, Gavan. 2009. The Biri dialects and their neighbours. In Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 133(2):219-256.
  • 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.
Status: 
Potential data
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 

Dawson River (Meston 1955). Upper Middle Dawson River from Bigge Range south to Great Dividing Range; east to Theodore, Cracow, and Cockatoo Creek; west to Baroondah and Durham Downs; at Wandoan and Taroom; on the Nimmi plain (Tindale 1974).

 

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Tindale 1974
Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
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Indigenous organisations: 
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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 None 0
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual None 0
Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note available (vocabulary)
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Maric   Yiman  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Maric Mari Yiman  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Maric Mari Yimun  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Pama-Maric Mari Yimun (Yiman)  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Pama-Maric Mari Jimun