E6: Dhanggati / Dunghutti^

AIATSIS code: 
E6
AIATSIS reference name: 
Dhanggati / Dunghutti^

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Dhanggati / Dunghutti language E6
Thesaurus heading people
Dhanggati / Dunghutti people E6
ABN name
Dhungutti Language (Previously Dyangadi language)
ABS name
Dhanggatti
Horton name
Dainggatti
Ethnologue name
Dyangadi
ISO 639-3 code
dyn
Tindale name
Dainggati
Tindale (1974)
Djaingadi, Dang-getti, Danghetti, Danggadi, Dhang-atty, Thangatti, Thangatty, Dangati, Dangadi, Yuungai, Yunggai, Tangetti, Tang-gette, Burugardi (inland horde), Burgadi, Boorkutti, Nulla Nulla, Amberu (see above), Himberrong, Jang (coastal name for this tableland tribe, meaning 'bad folk'), Yung.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Dangadi, Danggetti, Dhangatty, Thangatti, Thangatty, Dangati, Tangetti, Burgadi, Boorkutti
Glottocode
dyan1250
Other sources
Thangatti (Mathews), da?ati (Laves), da?ati (Radcliffe-Brown), Thangatti (Holmer), Djangadi (Crowley), Dhan-gadi, (Godwin), Dyangadi (Dixon), Dunggudi (Quinlan), Thungatti (Wilkins) [Lissarrague 2000] Dhanggati [Wafer & Lissarrague 2008]
Synonyms
Dunghutti, Dhanggatti, Djan gadi, Thangatti, Dyangadi, Dainggatti, Dainggati, Dhan gadi, Ngaku, Thungutti, Dangadi, Danggetti, Dhangatty, Thangatty, Dangati, Tangetti, Burgadi, Boorkutti, Dhanggadi, da?ati, Djangadi, Dunggudi, Thungatti, Djaingadi, Dang getti, Danghetti, Danggadi, Dhang atty, Yuungai, Yunggai, Tang gette, Burugardi, Nulla Nulla, Amberu, Himberrong, Jang, Yung, Dhunggutti, Dhunghutti
Comment
Comments: 

Dhanggati is a Pama Nyungan language, often classified as Yuin-Kuric. Wafer and Lissarrague indicate that Dhanggati, Burrgati E70 and Ngaku E4 are most likely dialects of the same language. They call this language 'Macleay Valley language' (2008:196).

Dhanggati shares many words with Gathang, but this may be due to borrowing and or multilingualism; there are grammatical features shared with Southerm Anaiwan D24, Northern Anaiwan D64 and Yugambal E11 on the Northern Tablelands.

Tindale (1974) lists Himberrong D69 as an alternative name of Dainggati (E6), but Crowley (1976:22) associates Himberrong with Nganjaywana D24.

 

 

References: 
  • Crowley, Terry. 1976. Phonological change in New England. In Grammatical categories in Australian languages, ed. R. M. W. Dixon, 19-50. Canberra: AIAS.
    Holmer, Nils M. 1966. An attempt towards a comparative grammar of two Australian languages. Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
    Holmer, Nils M. 1967. An attempt towards a comparative grammar of two Australian languages. Part 2, Indices and vocabularies of Kattang and Thangatti. Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
  • Holmer, Nils M & Vanja E Holmer. 1969. Stories from two native tribes of eastern Australia. Upsala, A.-B : Lundaquistska Bokhandeln.

  • Lissarrague, Amanda. 2020. Dhanggati grammar and dictionary with Dhanggati stories (second edition). Nambucca Heads: Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative.

  • 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.
  • 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: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
NSW
Location information: 

The Macleay Valley forms the heartland of Dhanggati country, which extends as far as the Tablelands in the west and to the Macksville region in the north, where Dhanggati shares a language border with Gumbaynggirr; the most northerly known place name is Garra Gayayi (Kozekai Road) in the Mistake State Forest. To the south the language border between Dhanggati and Birrpay is around the Wilson River. The western neighbours on the Northern Tablelands include Anaiwan and Baanbay, a Gumbaynggirr dialect (Lissarrague, 2020:3).

 

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Programs
Activities: 

Dhanggati language classes for adults were offered at the Djigay Centre at Kempsey TAFE in 2011 and 2012. Ngabu Bingayi Aboriginal Corporation have produced various resources. Aunty Esther Quinlin supported by Caroline Bradshaw and Gladys Quinlan, taught Dhanggati language at Bellbrook PS, Millbank PS, Greenhill PS, Macleay Valley Vocational College and other schools in the valley, until the end of 2017. Language classes are still conducted in various schools in the Macleay Valley. Dhanggati Language Group is supported by Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Cooperative.

 

People: 
Nils Holmer, Esther Quinlin, Caroline Bradshaw, Amanda Lissarrague, Bob Smith, Gladys Quinlan, Raymond Kelly.
Indigenous organisations: 

Ngabu Bingayi Aboriginal Corporation

Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Cooperative - https://muurrbay.org.au/languages/dhanggati/

 

Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-
1996Census-
2001Census-
2004NILS11000
2005Estimate0
2006Census4
2011Census9
2014NILS2
2016Census34
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 Medium (100-200 pages) 3
Text Collection Less than 20 pages 1
Grammar Small grammar (100-200 pages) 3
Audio-visual More than 10 3
Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note available
Grammar: 

Lissarrague, Amanda. 2020. Dhanggati grammar and dictionary with Dhanggati stories. 2nd ed. Nambucca Heads, NSW: Muurbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Cooperative.

Dictionary: 

Lissarrague, Amanda. 2020. Dhanggati grammar and dictionary with Dhanggati stories. 2nd ed. Nambucca Heads, NSW: Muurbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Cooperative.

Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005) Pama-Nyungan Dyangadi   Dyangadi  
Dixon (2002)   CENTRAL NEW SOUTH WALES GROUP Djan-gadi/Nganjaywana subgroup* Djan-gadi (Thangatti) Djan-gadi (Thangatti) Holmer (1966) probable further dialect: Ngaagu
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Yuin-Kuric   Dyangadi  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Yuin-Kuric Kuri Dyangadi  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Yuin-Kuric Kuri Dhanggadi  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Yuin-Kuric Kuri Thangatti (Danggadi)  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Yuin-Kuric Kuri Dainggati