G33: Kurtjar | AIATSIS Collection

AIATSIS code:

G33

AIATSIS reference name:

Kurtjar

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Name

Thesaurus heading language	Kurtjar language G33
Thesaurus heading people	Kurtjar people G33
ABN name	-
ABS name	-
Horton name	Kurtjar
Ethnologue name	Gurdjar, Kunggara
ISO 639-3 code	gdj, kvs
Tindale name	Kunggara
Tindale (1974)	'Kuri'tjari (valid alternative), Kutjar, Koonkurri, Ungorri, Gilbert River tribe, Gunggara.
O'Grady et al (1966)	Koonkurri, Ungorri
Glottocode	gurd1238
Other sources	Kurtjar [Black 2007 p.c.] Kurrtyarr [Rigsby 2007 p.c.] Gurdyar, Gunggara (Breen) [Black 1980]
Synonyms	Gunggara, Gurdjar, Kunggara, Araba, Areba, Rib, Cudjeral, Curjur, Gilbert River tribe, Goom gharra, Gunggara, Koonkurri, Kortyera, Kuritjari, Kutjar, Ungorri, Kurrtjarr, Kurtijar

Comment

Comments:

Kurtjar (G33) is also known as Kungkar (Kunggara) which means 'north' in a few languages, and is used as a language name for other languages as well as Kurtjar; Rib Y107 is described as a dialect belonging to the same language as Kurtjar (Black 1980:188). In this database Kunggara (or Gunggara) is treated as an alternative name for Kurtjar.

References:

Black, Paul. 1980. Norman Pama historical phonology. In Pacific Linguistics, Rigsby, Bruce and Peter Sutton (eds), series A-59; 181-239.
Black, Paul, and Rolly Gilbert. 1996. Kurtjar dictionary, ms. (MS 3608).
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:

QLD

Location information:

Coastal area including the Lower Gilbert and Smithburn Rivers and extending as far north as the mouth of the Staaten Riven and at least as far south as Fitzmaurice Point (Black MS3608) Staaten River south to Smithburne River and Delta Downs; inland to Stirling and Lotus Vale (Tindale 1974)

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People:

Paul Black, Rolly Gilbert, Sandra Keen

Indigenous organisations:

Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation

Speakers

Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	20
1984	Senate	-
1990	Schmidt	-
1996	Census	-
2001	Census	-
2004	NILS1	-
2005	Estimate	-
2006	Census	-
2011	Census	-
2014	NILS2
2016	Census	-
2018-2019	NILS3

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	Small (20-100 pages)	2
Grammar	A few articles	1
Audio-visual	More than 10	3

Manuscript note:

tape transcription/field note available

Grammar:

Dictionary:

Black, Paul and Gilbert, Rolly. 1996. Kurtjar dictionary.

Classification

Source	Family	Group	Sub-group	Name	Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)	Pama-Nyungan	Paman	Norman Pama	Gurdjar, Kunggara	Gurdjar [dialects: Speakers say it is similar to Kunggar.]
Dixon (2002)		WESTERN CAPE YORK PENINSULA AREAL GROUP	Norman Pama subgroup*	Kurtjar (or Gunggara)	Kurtjar (or Gunggara) further dialect: Rip (or Ngarap or Areba)
Wurm (1994)	Pama-Nyungan	Paman		Kurtjar
Walsh (1981)	Pama-Nyungan	Paman	Norman Pama	Kurtjar
Oates (1975)	Pama-Nyungan		Southern Pama	Gunggara
Wurm (1972)	Pama-Nyungan	Pama-Maric	Gulf Pama	Gurdjar
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)