E73: Casino language

AIATSIS code: 
E73
AIATSIS reference name: 
Casino language

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Casino language E73
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Tindale (1974)
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Comment
Comments: 

Sharpe coined the name Yugambeh - Bundjalung as a cover term for a group of dialects from north-east New South Wales and south-east Queensland (2005) and produced a dictionary (on CDROM) of Yugambeh - Bundjalung in 2013.

Smythe compiled a grammar and wordlist for the Casino dialect in the early 1940s, along with a substantial wordlist. Both have been reproduced as an appendix in Crowley 1978.

See also: Bundjalung E12; Birihn E72; Ngarabal E92; Dinggabal E16.1; Galibal E15; Geynyan D36; Gidhabal E14; Mananjahli E76; Minyangbal E18; Nerang Creek language E77; Nganduwal E78; Ngarahgwal E79; Nyangbal E75; Wahlubal E16.2; Wehlubal E80; Wiyabal E16; Wudjebal E96 and Yugambeh E17.

See Bundjalung E12 for items in the catalogue which may include information about this language variety.

 

References: 
  • Crowley, Terry. 1978. The Middle Clarence dialects of Bandjalang (Includes 1940s Bandjalang grammar by W. E. Smythe): Research and Regional Studies 12. Canberra: AIAS.
  • Steele, John. 1984. Aboriginal pathways in southeast Queensland and the Richmond River. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press.
  • Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre.
  • Oates, William J., and Lynette F. Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia: Australian Aboriginal Studies 33, Linguistic Series 12. Canberra: AIAS.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
NSW
Location information: 

Crowley estimates '... north of the Richmond River as far as Galibal (that is before Kyogle) and as far south as Bandjalang (that is before Coraki). On the east and west, it would presumably have bordered on Wiyabal and Waalubal (1978:156).

 

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Bundjalung - Yugambeh Dictionary
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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 Small (20-100 pages) 2
Text Collection Small (20-100 pages) 2
Grammar Small grammar (100-200 pages) 3
Audio-visual None 0
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Grammar: 

W.E. Smythe. Bandjalang Grammar in Crowley, T. 1978. The middle Clarence dialects of Bandjalang. Canberra: AIAS.

Dictionary: 

W.E. Smythe. Bandjalang Grammar in Crowley, T. 1978. The middle Clarence dialects of Bandjalang. Canberra: AIAS.

Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975)          
Wurm (1972)          
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)