N113: Galwanuk

AIATSIS code: 
N113
AIATSIS reference name: 
Galwanuk

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Tindale (1974)
O'Grady et al (1966)
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Other sources
Garlbanuk, Kalwanguk, Kalwanuk [Oates & Oates 1970:218] Galwanuk, Galbanuk, Garlbanuk (Warner 1937) [Schebeck 2001:90]
Synonyms
Garlbanuk, Kalwanguk, Kalwanuk, Galwangug
Comment
Comments: 
Galbanuk (N113) is a 'Name of the Leyagaläwumirr' N108; an alternate form, Galwanuk, is a 'Dialect form of the name Galbanuk in "hard" dialects' (Schebeck, 2001: 90). The National Museum of Australia holds works by a 'Galwanuk clan' artist; the Gallery of New South Wales holds works by 'Galwanuk, Arnhem region language group'. For Yolngu languages see Yolngu Matha N230.
References: 
  • Schebeck, Bernhard. 2001. Dialect and social groupings in northeast Arnheim [i.e. Arnhem] Land vol. 7: LINCOM studies in Australian languages, no. 7. München: Lincom Europa.
  • Schebeck, Bernhard. 1967. Final report on linguistic fieldwork carried out under a research grant from the A.I.A.S. from 23rd Nov., 1964, until 31st March, 1967 (MS 353).
  • Tindale, Norman B. 1974. Tribal boundaries in Aboriginal Australia. University of California Press/ANU Press.
  • Warner, W. 1958. A black civilization : a social study of an Australian tribe. Chicago:Harper.
  • Helen Maxwell Galley. 2001. Guruwana by Namiyal Bopirri. Dickson, A.C.T. : Helen Maxwell Galley.
  • National Museum of Australia. 2013. Old masters : Australia's great bark artists. National Museum of Australia.
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Unconfirmed
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-
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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).

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Manuscript note: 
not available
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Classification
SourceFamilyGroupSub-groupNameRelationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)Galwangug
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)