N135: Burarra

AIATSIS code: 
N135
AIATSIS reference name: 
Burarra

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Burarra language N135
Thesaurus heading people
Burarra people N135
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
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Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
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Tindale (1974)
O'Grady et al (1966)
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Other sources
Burratha [Schebeck 2001:88, Keen 1978]
Synonyms
Burera, Burratha
Comment
Comments: 

Schebeck (2001:88) treats his Burratha as an equivalent of Burarra (N135) and identifies it as a 'warname' of the Warramiri N131.

However, Keen (1978) treats it as a separate clan name whose language is Djangu N202.

Bowern and James list the linguistic affiliation of Walamangu N79 and Bindararr N213 (two Yolngu clans) with Burarra (N135) / Yan-nhangu N72 (2010:363). See also Madarrpa N111.

Oates (1975:18) equates Burera N82 with Burarra (N135), and she subsumes Bureda (N135) under Burera N82. 

For Yolngu languages see Yolngu Matha N230.

 

References: 
  • Bowern, Claire and Bentley James. 2010. Yan-nha?u language documentation and revitalisation. In Hobson, John, Kevin Lowe, Susan Poetsch and Michael Walsh eds. Re-awakening languages: theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia's Indigenous languages. Sydney: Sydney University Press.
  • Keen, Ian. 1978. One ceremony, one song: an economy of religious knowledge among the Yolngu of north-east Arnhem Land, Australian National University: PhD. (MS 1298).
  • 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.
Status: 
Potential no data
Location
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NT
Location information: 

See Djangu N202

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Indigenous organisations: 

East Arnhem Regional Council - https://www.eastarnhem.nt.gov.au/

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
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975)       Burera  
Wurm (1972)          
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)