Terrill refers to Dappil (E41) and Toolooa (E41) as the same language, which she calls Tulua (1998:88) and this database follows that practice. She identifies Dappil in Roth (1898) and in the 'Boyne River' list in Curr (1886) as this language.
Roth describes do-lo-wa (E41) as a place name of the Dap-pil E41 people, at Barney Point near Gladstone (1898).
Mathew's map (1913:434) has Dappil (E41) and Toolooa (E41) peoples located differently from Kite and Wurm; Mathew's location of Dapil is the same area as their Gureng (E32) and he locates Toolooa in the same location as theirs for Dapil (2004:6).
Based on lexicostatistical figures Gabi E29, Gureng E32 and Dapil E41 form a subgroup with Waga-Waga E28 (Kite and Wurm (2004:6).
Calliope River to Port Curtis; inland to Coast Range and headwaters of Boyne River; at Many Peaks (Capell 1963:E18).
Calliope River to Port Curtis; inland to the Coast Range and headwaters of Boyne River (northern river of this name); at Many Peaks (Tindale 1974:186).
Gladstone, Miriam Vale, Many Peaks and Bileola [sic] (Kite & Wurm 2004:7).
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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).
