K42: Wirngir

AIATSIS code: 
K42
AIATSIS reference name: 
Wirngir

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Wirngir people K42
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Comment
Comments: 

Oates and Oates (1970:46) say that this is possibly part of Gwini K36. Tindale (1974) lists Wirngir as the name of a group whose language is Walar K45.

 

References: 
  • Elkin, A.P. 1933. Studies in Australian totemism.Sydney: Australian National Research Council.
  • Oates, William J., and Lynette F. Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia: Australian Aboriginal Studies 33, Linguistic Series 12. Canberra: AIAS.
  • 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
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Location information: 

Malambuna, the corner of land north of the lower Lyne River (Elkin 1933:80).

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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
1984Senate-
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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
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)