N160: Ngan'gimerri

AIATSIS code: 
N160
AIATSIS reference name: 
Ngan'gimerri

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Ngan'gimerri language N160
Thesaurus heading people
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)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Tyemeri, Nangityemeri [Top End Handbook]
Synonyms
Ngangimerri, Ngan, gimerri, Tyemeri, Nangityemeri, Daly language.
Comment
Comments: 

Reid (1990) says that this is a dialect of Ngan'gityemeri N157, and it is the speech variety of the northernmost Ngan'giwumirri N17 estate group, rak-Merren. Documentation on Ngan'gityemeri N157 may be relevant.

Green and Nordlinger classify Ngan'gimerri as a Southern Daly language closely related to Ngan'gikurunggurr N8 and Ngan' giwumirri N17, with more distant ties to Murrinhpatha N3 and Murrinh Kura N158 (viewed November 2020).

 

References: 

  • Green, Ian & Nordlinger, Rachel. The Daly Languages (Australia). Web Resource http://dalylanguages.org

  • Reid, Nicholas John. 1990. Ngan'gityemerri: a language of the Daly River region, Northern Territory of Australia, Australian National University: PhD.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
NT
Location information: 

Dialect of Ngan'giwumirri spoken by northern-most clan (Reid 1990). spoken at Peppimenarti, Daly River, Nganmarriyanga and Wudipuli. (Blythe 2009:31)

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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 Medium (100-200 pages) 3
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual None 0
Manuscript note: 
Grammar: 

Reid, Nicholas & Patricia Marrfurra McTaggart. 2008. Ngan'gi dictionary. Armidale: Australian Linguistics Press.

Dictionary: 

Reid, Nicholas & Patricia Marrfurra McTaggart. 2008. Ngan'gi dictionary. Armidale: Australian Linguistics Press.

Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)   DALY RIVER AREAL GROUP Southern Daly group Ngan.gimerri Ngan.gi-tjemerri Reid (1990) dialects: Ngan.gi-kurunggurr, Ngan.gi-wumeri, Ngan.gimerri
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975)          
Wurm (1972)          
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)