Karajarri (A64 ) in Sourcebook for Central Australian Languages (1981).

Yantruwantha

Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:

Jandruwanda (AC, orig. AIAS), Yandra Wandra (Science of Man), Yandruwandha (AIAS), Yandruwantha (Breen), Yandruwanta (SAW, O'G, RLS, Breen), Yanturuwanta

Dialects: Strezlecki, Nhirrpi (SAW,1957) Biraliba (name given Beckett) (Innamincka)

Related languages: Yawarrawarrka (Breen) (Yawarawarga)

Classification of the language:

Karnic Group, Karna Subgroup. (Originially Dieric Group -- SAW)

Identification codes:

Oates '73: 74.2b

AIAS: L.018

Capell: L22

Present number and distribution of speakers:

Last speaker died in 1976. Traditionally, south of Cooper's Creek from Innamincka to Carraweena (AC).

People who have worked intensively on the language:

Breen is continuing with analysis of material obtained from 2 speakers in 1970-73. Vocabulary of more than 1400 words.

Practical orthography:

None established. Breen's orthography is probably suitable.

Word lists:

Breen 1974.

Grammar or sketch grammar:

Reuther, Breen.

Material available on the language:

Austin, Peter, R. Ellis & Luise A. Hercus. 1976. 'Fruit of the Eyes': semantic diffusion in the Lakes Languages of South Australia. Papers in Australian Linguistics No.10. Pacific Linguistics A.47:57-77.

Austin, Peter. 1981. A grammar of Diyari, South Australia. Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 32. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Breen, J. Gavan. 1967. Yandruwandha material. (Yan.-English alphabetical word-list, domain list) (MS 120) AIAS.

---------- 1971. Aboriginal languages of western Queensland (preliminary version). Linguistic Communications 5:1-88. (100 item word list for 19 languages)

---------- Yandruwantha field notes and transcriptions. (30 hours tape-recording, hundreds of pages). Some Yawarrawarrka.

---------- 1974. Yandruwantha wordlist. 40p. ts. Vocabulary of more than 1400 words.

---------- 1975. Innamincka talk (the Innamincka dialect of Yandruwandha): preliminary version. 2v. [398]p. ms. 48

---------- 1976. Yandruwantha, Ngamini, and note on Midhaga, pp.594-7,745-56 in Grammatical Categories in Australian Languages. Linguistic Series 22, ed. by R.M.W. Dixon. AIAS.

Reuther, J.G. Three central Australian grammars: Diari, Jandruwanta, Wongkanguru, ed. by L.A. Hercus and J.G. Breen. ts. Part of Volume V. Jandruwanta. 21p.

---------- Vocabulary of the Dieri and related dialects. 13 notebooks, 18 bd. vols. (4 vols.; vols. of place names, myths, ethnography, etc.) ms. South Australian Museum.

Sharpe, E. 1901. Yandra Wanta tribe, Queensland. Science of Man. Sydney. 3.12:208-209.

Wurm, S.A. 1976. Jand"r"wanta field notes. trans. by Peter Austin. 18p. (pA3 150) AIAS.

Literacy material:

None.

Kathy Menning (comp.) and David Nash (ed.) 1981. © IAD Press

AIATSIS gratefully acknowledges IAD Press for permission to use this material in AUSTLANG.