E47: Wangan

AIATSIS code: 
E47
AIATSIS reference name: 
Wangan

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Horton name
Wangan
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Tindale name
Wangan
Tindale (1974)
Babbinburra (a horde between Mistake Creek and Clermont).
O'Grady et al (1966)
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Synonyms
Wierdi, Wan gan, Babbinburra
Comment
Comments: 

There appears to be no documentation available on this language. Tindale (1974) lists a word list compiled by Muirhead, 'Belyando River', in Curr (1887) under Wangan. However, Breen (forthcoming paper on Biri) identifies this as Yangga E52.

Breen also reports that Holmer (1983:368) gives Wanggan as the Aboriginal name for Clermont, and as a result Breen suspects that Wangan may not be a language name.

 

References: 
  • 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.
  • Muirhead, James, and Charles Lowe. 1887. Belyando River. In The Australian race vol. 3, ed. E. M. Curr, 26-35. Melbourne: John Farnes, Government Printer.
  • Holmer, Nils Magnus. 1983. Linguistic survey of south-eastern Queensland: Pacific Linguistics D-54. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  • Capell, Arthur. 1963. Linguistic survey of Australia. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
  • Oates, William J., and Lynette F. Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia: Australian Aboriginal Studies 33, Linguistic Series 12. Canberra: AIAS.
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Location
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QLD
Location information: 

Capella north to near Blair Athol; east to Peak Ranges; west to Drummond Range; at Peak Downs (Tindale 1974).

 

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Tindale 1974
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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: 
not available
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan     Wangan  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Maric Mari Wangan  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Maric Mari Wangan  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Pama-Maric Mari Wangan  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Pama-Maric Mari Wangan