L41: Iningai

AIATSIS code: 
L41
AIATSIS reference name: 
Iningai

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Iningai language L41
Thesaurus heading people
Iningai people L41
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Inningai
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Iningai
Tindale (1974)
Muttaburra (horde name, now a township), Muta-bura, Moothaburra, Mootaburra, Tateburra (horde north of Cornish Creek), Terreburra (horde on Alice River), Kana.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Muttaburra, Moothaburra, Mootaburra, Tateburra, Thararrabura
Glottocode
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Other sources
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Synonyms
Inningai, Muttaburra, Wadjabangai, Delleburra, Kana, Mootaburra, Moothaburra, Mutabura, Tateburra, Terreburra, Thararraburra, Yiningayi, Thararrabura, Yiningay, Muta bura
Comment
Comments: 

Yininayi (L41) is a language from the Upper Barcoo; Breen describes aspects of grammar and compiled a wordlist from the Alice River materials, (List 152 in Curr 1886-1887). He concludes Yiningayi (L41) (and Yandjibara L44) is 'closer to Bidjara E37, Dharawala D45 and Wadjabangayi L39 than to any other language and, bearing in mind the poor quality of the data, could be mutually intelligible with them' (1990:76).

 

References: 
  • Breen, Gavan. 1990. Salvage studies of Western Queensland Aboriginal languages: Pacific Linguistics B-105. 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: 

West of Dividing Range to Forsyth Range, Maneroo Creek and Longreach; south along Alice River tributaries to about Mexico; north to Muttaburra, Cornish Creek, Tower Hill, Bowen Downs, and North Oakvale; at Aramac (Tindale 1974).

 

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Tindale 1974
Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
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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 None 0
Audio-visual None 0
Manuscript note: 
not available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Maric   Yiningay  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Maric Mari Yiningay  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Maric Mari Yiningay  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Pama-Maric Mari Iningai  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Pama-Maric Mari Iningai