G5: Wangka-Yutjurru^

AIATSIS code: 
G5
AIATSIS reference name: 
Wangka-Yutjurru^

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Thesaurus heading people
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Wanggamanha (Wongkadjera/Wangka-yutjuru)
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Wongkadjera
Tindale (1974)
Wonkajara, Wonkatyeri, Wonkoyara.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Wangka-jutjuru [Breen 1971] Wangka-yutjurru [Breen 1990] Wangka-jutjuru [Breen 1971] Wangka-Yutjurru [Breen 1990] Wang-Kahichs (W.H.R), Wonggadjara (Capell), Wonkajera (Roth), Wongkatjera (Tindale), Wonkatyeri (Tindale, after Howitt), Wangkatjera (O'Grady), Wongka-itjeru, Wongga-itjeru, Wongka-itjuru, Wongga-Jitjeru, Wangka-jutjuru [Blake and Breen 1971:170]
Synonyms
Wangka yutjuru, Wanggamanha, Wongkadjera/Wangka yutjuru, Julaolinja, Lanima, Rungarungawa, Wongkadjera, Wangkadjera, Wanggadjara, Wanggayudyuru, Wangka jutjuru, Wonkajara, Wonkatyeri, Wonkoyara
Comment
Comments: 

Breen (2006 p.c.) says there is a language he calls Wangka-Yutjurru which has two dialects he refers to as Wangka-Yutjurru and Wangkamanha G1. That is, Wangka-Yutjurru is both a language and a dialect name.

Dixon (2002) lists the following 'further dialects' of Wangka-yutjuru G5: Rangwa G48, Yurla-Yurlanja (or Ulaolinya) G2 and Lhanima G53. He considers Wangkamanha (also 'Tharlimanha') to be an alternative name for Lhanima.

The Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee () describes three 'child languages' of Wangka Yutjuru (G5): Wangkamanha G1, Rangwa G48 and Ulaolinya/Lanima, treating Ulaolinya G2 and Lanima G53 as the same identity, distinct from Wangkamanha.

Wangka-Yutyurru is a member of the Karnic language group (Hercus, 1994: 10). 

 

References: 
  • Hercus, Luise Anna. 1994. A grammar of the Arabana-Wangkangurru language, Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia: Pacific Linguistics C-128. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  • 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: 

At Glenormiston and Herbert Downs; on Malvina Creek; north toward Roxborough (Tindale 1974).

Maps: 
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Links
Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
Gavan Breen
Indigenous organisations: 
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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 Less than 20 pages 1
Text Collection None 0
Grammar A few articles 1
Audio-visual 1-10 2
Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note available - status
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)   LAKE EYRE BASIN AREAL GROUP North and west Lake Eyre Basin group Blake and Breen (1971) Wangka-yutjuru Wangka-yutjuru* further dialects: Rangwa (or Runga-Rungawa), Yurla-Yurlanja (or Ulaolinya), Lhanima (or Tharlimanha or Wangga-Manha)
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Karnic   Wanggayudyuru  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Palku Wanggayudyuru  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Palyku Wanggadjara  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Pittapittic   Wangkadjera (Wonggadjara)  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Pittapittic   Wangkadjera