K38: Mariung

AIATSIS code: 
K38
AIATSIS reference name: 
Mariung

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Thesaurus heading people
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Tindale name
Mariu
Tindale (1974)
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O'Grady et al (1966)
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Synonyms
Mariu
Comment
Comments: 
Mariung is probably another name for Miriwoong K29. It was merged with Miriwoong in ILDB, and the Thesaurus has a heading for Mariung people (K38) but no equivalent language heading. According to Capell (1963:K14), this name was referred to by RHM and D.S. Davidson but no linguistic information is available. Based on the information available, Mariung is unlikely to be a distinct language name. Accordingly it is not included as a distinct language heading in the Thesaurus.
References: 
  • Capell, Arthur. 1963. Linguistic survey of Australia. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
  • Sweeney, Gordon. 1947. Patrol of stations in Timber Creek and Wave Hill districts, September - October 1947. Report to Director of Native Affairs. Darwin. (PMS 1794)
  • 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: 
Unconfirmed
Location
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Location information: 
South of Victoria River, near mouth; at Bullo River (Tindale 1974). South of Victoria River, near mouth (Capell 1963).
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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).

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Classification
SourceFamilyGroupSub-groupNameRelationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)Mariung
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)