L38: Kungkari

AIATSIS code: 
L38
AIATSIS reference name: 
Kungkari

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Kungkari language L38
Thesaurus heading people
Kungkari people L38
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Kuungkari
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Kuungkari
Tindale (1974)
Koonkerri, Kunggari, Kungeri, Koongerri, Torra-burri (horde), Yankibura (horde), Yangeeberra, Mokaburra (horde), Tarawalla (name given to eastern dialect).
O'Grady et al (1966)
Koonkerri, Kungeri, Koongerri, Yangeberra, Yankibura
Glottocode
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Other sources
Synonyms
Kuungkari, Gungari, Koongerri, Yangeeberra, Koonkerri, Kungeri, Yangeberra, Yankibura, Guunggari, Gunggari, Kunggari, Torra burri, Mokaburra, Tarawalla
Comment
Comments: 

Bowern (2001:247) mentions Kungkari as a possible Karnic language.

Wafer and Lissarrague (2008:324) report that a description of Kungkari by Breen (1990:22-64) is of Kungkari, not the similarly-named Gunggari D37.

 

References: 
  • Bowern, Claire. 2001. Karnic classification revisited. In Forty years on: Ken Hale and Australian languages, eds Jane Simpson, et al., 245-261. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  • Breen, Gavan. 1990. Salvage studies of Western Queensland Aboriginal languages: Pacific Linguistics B-105. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  • Dixon, R.M.W. 2002. Australian languages: their nature and development: Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre.
  • 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.
  • Wafer, Jim, and Amanda Lissarrague. 2008. A handbook of Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Nambucca Heads: Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 

... lower Barcoo and Thomson rivers, as in Tindale (Breen 1990:22).

On Thomson and Cooper (Barcoo) rivers west to Jundah; north to Westland and near Longreach; east to Avington, Blackall, and Terrick Terrick; south on the western flank of the Grey Range to Cheviot Range, Powell Creek, and Welford (Tindale 1974).

 

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Tindale 1974
Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
Gavan Breen
Indigenous organisations: 
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates0
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 Less than 20 pages 1
Grammar Sketch grammar (less than 100 pages) 2
Audio-visual 1-10 2
Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note available
Grammar: 

Gavan, Breen. 1990. Salvage studies of Western Queensland Aboriginal languages: Pacific Linguistics B105. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)   GREATER MARIC GROUP Kungkari/Pirriya group Kungkari Kungkari possible further dialect: Gungadidji
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Maric   Gunggari  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Maric Kapu Gunggari  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Maric Kapu Guunggari  
Wurm (1972)          
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Pama-Maric Mari Kuungkari