N8: Ngan'gikurunggurr

AIATSIS code: 
N8
AIATSIS reference name: 
Ngan'gikurunggurr

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Ngan'gikurunggurr language N8
Thesaurus heading people
Ngan'gikurunggurr people N8
ABN name
Ngankikurungkurr language
ABS name
Ngan'gikurunggurr
Horton name
Ngan'gikurunggurr
Ethnologue name
Nangikurrunggurr [Tyemeri (Moil, Ngankikurrunkurr)]
ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Nanggikorongo
Tindale (1974)
Mangikurungu [sic.], Nordaniman (in error) Nordan-imin.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
-
Other sources
Ngangikurrunggurr, Ngangikurongor, Ngangikarangurr, Ngangikurrungur, Tyemeri, Marityemeri [Tryon 1974] Marri Sjemirri' (name by which Marrithiyel speakers refer to Ngan'gikurunggurr) [Reid 1990, p.c. with Green] Moiil, Moil, Moyle, Moyl [Reid 1990] Ngan'gikurunggurr, Ngankikurungkurr, Nangikurungguru, Nangikurungurr, Ngangikurrunggurr, Nangikurunurr,Tyemeri, Nangityemeri [Top End Handbook] Ngankikurungkurr [Hoddinott and Kofod 1988]
Synonyms
Ngangikurunggurr, Ngan, gi kurunggurr, Nangikurrunggurr, Nordaniman Nordan imin, Southern Daly language, Nangikurungur, Ngangikurungur
Comment
Comments: 

Ngan'gikurunggurr is a dialect of Ngan'gityemerri N157 (Reid (1990). Documentation for Ngan'gi N157 may be relevant.

Ngan'gikurunggurr is spoken by about 150 people in the region around the Daly River, most of them living in the communities of Nauiyu (previously Daly River Mission), Peppimenarti, Wudigapildhiyerr, and smaller outstations. Ngan'gikurunggurr has two sister dialects, Ngen'giwumirri N17 (about 30 speakers) and Ngan'gimerri N160 (no longer spoken).

Green and Nordlinger classify Ngan'gikurunggurr as a Southern Daly language closely related to Ngen'giwumirri  and Ngan'gimerri N160, 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: 

... somewhere south-east of Port Keates (Capell 1963 as quoted by Tryon 1974).

Maps: 
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PDF icon Oates_N8.pdf
Tindale 1974
Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
Miriam Rose Ang.ganmerr, William Hoddinott, Frances Kofod, Nick Reid,
Indigenous organisations: 

Batchelor Institute https://www.batchelor.edu.au/

Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates120
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-100
1996Census222
2001Census65
2004NILS1-
2005Estimate60
2006Census182
2011Census98
2014NILS2
2016Census26
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 Small (20-100 pages) 2
Grammar Large grammar (more than 200 pages) 4
Audio-visual 1-10 2
Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note available
Grammar: 

Reid, Nick. 1990. Ngan'gityemerri: a language of the Daly River region, Northern Territory of Australia, Australian National University, PhD.

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

Dictionary: 

Miriam Rose. 1983. Ngan.gi kurung.gurr: picture dictionary. Batchelor, NT: School of Australian Linguistics. Reid, Nick. 1990. Ngan'gityemerri: a language of the Daly River region, Northern Territory of Australia, Australian National University, PhD. Reid, Nicholas & Patricia Marrfurra McTaggart. 2008. Ngan'gi dictionary. Armidale: Australian Linguistics Press.

Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005) Daly Murrin-Patha   Nangikurrunggurr [Tyemeri (Moil, Ngankikurrunkurr)] Nangikurrunggurr [dialects: Tyemeri (Moil, Ngankikurrunkurr), Ngenkiwumerri (Nangumiri, Nangiomeri, Angomerry, Marewumiri, Nangimera, Ngangomori), Ngangi-Tjemerri, Ngangi-Wumeri. Lexical similarity 84% with Ngengiwumerri dialect]
Dixon (2002)   DALY RIVER AREAL GROUP Southern Daly group Ngan.gi-kurunggurr Ngan.gi-tjemerri Reid (1990) dialects: Ngan.gi-kurunggurr, Ngan.gi-wumeri, Ngan.gimerri
Wurm (1994) Daly Moil   Ngenkikurrunggur  
Walsh (1981) Daly Moil   Ngenkikurrunggur  
Oates (1975) Daly Moil   Ngangigurungur  
Wurm (1972) Daly Moil   Ngangikurrungur (Tyemeri, Moil)  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)