S30: Gulidjan

AIATSIS code: 
S30
AIATSIS reference name: 
Gulidjan

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Gulidjan language S30
Thesaurus heading people
Gulidjan people S30
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Gulidjan
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Kolakngat
Tindale (1974)
Kolidjon (valid alternative), Kolac-gnat, Kulidyan, Lolijon, Colijon, Koligon (read g as dj), Coligan, Lolifon (f is a misprint), Kolae (misprint for Kolac, a place name), Colac-conedeet (horde name), Karakoi, Karakoo, Bungilear-ney Colagiens, ['tharo?] = man.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Kolacgnat, Coligan, Kolijon
Glottocode
-
Other sources
Gulidjan, the tribe of the Colac, Col-li-yon tribe,Coligon tribe, Koligiate tribe, Kolack tribe, Colijon, Collijon, Kolijon, Caligun, Calogien, Caligan, Kolifan, Koligian, Do-lai-jin, Coligan, Colybin, Coligen, Caligon, Colijan, Colejohn, Kotigin, Kolijin, Koligan, Kolijon, Koligon or Colack natives, Kolifon tribe, Coladjin, Calligans, Colligans, Colagins, Colack, Colac tribe (Warrions), Colac tribe, Bungilcarney colagians, Bungilearney Colagiens, Warrion tribe, Colac dialect, Kolakgnat, Kolac ngat, Colack blacks, Kullidyan, Kolaknat, Kolaknat tribe, Colajin, Coladjins, Kolakgnat, Kolakngat (according to Tindale 1974 Kolidjon is a valid alternative), Kulidyan, Lolijon, Koligon, Lolifon, Kolae, Kirakoi tribe, Karakoo, Karakoi tribe, Koladgin, Gulidjan (Gulag-ngad), Kolakngat, Coar tribe, Col-lai-jin, Golagngad [Clark 1990:232]
Synonyms
Kolakngat, Kolitjon, Gulagngad, Bungilearney Colagiens, Colac conedeet, Coligan, Colijon, Colongulac, Golagngad, Karakoi, Karakoo, Kolac gnat, Kolae, Kolidjon, Koligon, Kolijon, Kolocgnat, Kulidyan, Lolifon, Lolijon, Kolacgnat, the tribe of the Colac, Col li yon tribe, Coligon tribe, Koligiate tribe, Kolack tribe, Collijon, Caligun, Calogien, Caligan, Kolifan, Koligian, Do lai jin, Colybin, Coligen, Caligon, Colijan, Colejohn, Kotigin, Kolijin, Koligan, Colack natives, Kolifon tribe, Coladjin, Calligans, Colligans, Colagins, Colack, Colac tribe, Bungilcarney colagians, Warrion tribe, Colac dialect, Kolakgnat, Kolac ngat, Colack blacks, Kullidyan, Kolaknat, Kolaknat tribe, Colajin, Coladjins, Kirakoi tribe, Karakoi tribe, Koladgin, Coar tribe, Col lai jin
Comment
Comments: 
Clark (1990, 1996, 2005) says there is very limited data for this language. He reports that analysis in Dixon's working papers suggests that Gulidjan is a mixed language as it contains elements of all neighbouring languages.
References: 
  • Clark, Ian. 1990. Aboriginal languages and clans: an historical atlas of western and central Victoria, 1800-1900: Monash Publications in Geography, 37. Melbourne: Department of Geographical and Environmental Science, Monash University.
  • Clark, Ian. 1996. Aboriginal language areas in Victoria: a reconstruction. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.
  • Clark, Ian. 2005. Aboriginal language areas in Victoria - a reconstruction: a report to Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
VIC
Location information: 

... the country at Lake Colac, whose western boundary was probably formed by the Wardy yallock River near Cressy along its eastern bank to Lake Corangamite, along the eastern shore of Lake Corangamite, then south to the Gellibrand River (Clark 1990:232)

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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 Less than 20 pages 1
Text Collection None 0
Grammar A few articles 1
Audio-visual None 0
Manuscript note: 
not available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 

Blake, Barry. Wathawurrung and the Colac language of southern Victoria: Pacific Linguistics C-147. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics

Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)   WEST VICTORIAN AREAL GROUP   Kolakngat (or Kolitjon) Kolakngat (or Kolitjon)
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Kulinic   Kolakngat  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Kulinic Kulin Kolakngat (Kolijon)  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Kulinic Gulyan Golagngad  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Kulinic Gulyan Kolakngat  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Kulinic Gulyan Kolakngat