S5: Peramangk

AIATSIS code: 
S5
AIATSIS reference name: 
Peramangk

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Peramangk language S5
Thesaurus heading people
Peramangk people S5
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Peramangk
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Peramangk
Tindale (1974)
Peramarma (Tanganekald term based on their name Pe:ra for the Tiers Range at Mount Barker), Mereldi (Ramindjeri term), Merildakald (Tanganekald term applied also to the Kaurna), Marimejuna (mari = east, meju = man, Kaurna term), Wangarainbula (wangara = hill, Ngaiawang term), Mount Barker tribe, Ngurlinjeri (Jaril-dekald name from ['?urle] hill and [injeri] belonging to), Tarrawatta (name of northern horde near Angaston).
O'Grady et al (1966)
Peramarma, Mereldi, Merildakald, Marimejuna, Wangarainbula,
Glottocode
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Other sources
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Synonyms
Marimejuna, Meraldi, Mereldi, Merildakald, Mount Barker tribe, Ngurlinjeri, Peramarma, Tarrawatta, Wangarainbula, Waugarainbula, Baramangg, Paramangk
Comment
Comments: 

Little is known about the Peramangk language, though a Peramangk descendant is collecting and compiling language data (viewed 31 August 2015).

Some data is supplied in Tindale (1941:242-43) under the name of Merildakald (S5).

The classification of Peramangk is uncertain. Several sources (e.g. Wurm 1972, 1994; Walsh 1981; O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin 1966) group it with Ngarrindjeri S69 as 'Narrinyeric' or 'Ngarinyeric-Yithayithic'. The Mobile Language Team groups it with Kaurna L3 as Thura-Yura.

 

References: 
  • Berndt, Ronald, and Catherine Berndt. 1993. A world that was: the Yaraldi of the Murray River and the Lakes, South Australia. Carlton, VIC: Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press.
  • Oates, William J., and Lynette F. Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia: Australian Aboriginal Studies 33, Linguistic Series 12. Canberra: AIAS.
  • Tindale, Norman B. 1941. Native songs of the south-east of South Australia: part II. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol. 65, pp. 233-243. (RS 50/8)
  • Tindale, Norman B. 1974. Aboriginal tribes of Australia: their terrain, environmental controls, distribution, limits, and proper names. Berkeley: University of California Press/Canberra: Australian National University Press.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
SA
Location information: 

In Mount Lofty Ranges from Myponga north to Gawler and Angaston; east to Wright Hill, Strathalbyn, Kanmantoo, and along the eastern scarp of the range to near Towitta (Tindale 1974).

 

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Tindale 1974
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-
1996Census-
2001Census-
2004NILS1-
2005Estimate0
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
Manuscript note: 
not available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Ngarinyeric-Yithayithic   Peramangk  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Ngarinyeric-Yithayithic   Peramangk  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Narrinyeric Korni Baramangg  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Narrinyeric Korni Paramangk  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Narrinyeric Korni Peramangk