L57: Minkabari

AIATSIS code: 
L57
AIATSIS reference name: 
Minkabari

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Minkabari language L57
Thesaurus heading people
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Kullilla (Minkabari)
Ethnologue name
Ngura [Mingbari]
ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Bitjara (Minkabari)
Tindale (1974)
Bithara, Pitteroo, Minkabari (language name), Wilya.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Synonyms
Ngura, Kullilla, Bitjara, Galali, Kalali, Mingabari, Bithara, Pitteroo, Wilya
Comment
Comments: 
Breen's informant identifies Minkabari as a distinct language in the same area as Pitjara L43 (Breen 1971:12). Expressing doubt about its 'dialect' status, Breen groups Minkabari with Galali D30, (Curr's) Wangkumara L25 and Pitjara L43 as the Bullo River Language (1971:27). On the other hand, Tindale lists Minkabari as the name of the language spoken by the Bitjara L43 people, while Oates (1975) says that the only information available is Wurm's assigning it as a dialect of Maljangaba L8.
References: 
  • Breen, Gavan. 1970. A description of the Waluwara language, Monash University: MA. (MS 111).
  • Breen, Gavan. 1971. Aboriginal languages of western Queensland. In Linguistic Communications 5, 1-88. Melbourne: Monash University.
  • 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.
Status: 
Potential no data
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 
At Bulloo Downs (Oates 1975:177).
Maps: 
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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 None 0
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual None 0
Manuscript note: 
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Ngura Ngura [Mingbari] Ngura [dialects: Punthamara (Bundhamara), Kalali (Galali, Garlali), Wongkumara (Wangkumara, Wangumarra), Badjiri, Bidjara, Dhiraila, Garandala, Mambangura, Mingbari, Ngurawarla, Yarumarra. Walsh list the dialects as separate languages.]
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Karnic (Mingabari)
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Ngura Mingabari
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Karnic Ngura Mingabari
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)