W47: Yapurarra

AIATSIS code: 
W47
AIATSIS reference name: 
Yapurarra

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Yapurarra language W47
Thesaurus heading people
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Jaburrara
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Jaburara
Tindale (1974)
Jaburara-ngaluma (northern Ngaluma), Jaburrara-ngarluma, Madoitja (see qualifying note above).
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Jaburrarra, Yaburarra [Dixon 2011:42]
Synonyms
Jaburrara, Yaburara, Jaburara, Jaburrarra, Yaburarra, Jaburara ngaluma, Jaburrara ngarluma, Madoitja
Comment
Comments: 

Yapurarra is a Pama-Nyungan language from coastal Western Australia. On the basis of the limited resources available, Marmion (2007) concludes that Yaburarra (W47) was closely related to Ngarluma W38 and was probably mutually intelligible with it.

According to Oates (1975:70), Jaburarra (W47) (or northern Ngarluma) is one of three dialects of Ngarluma W38, along with East Ngarluma W57 and West Ngarluma W56. This is based on von Brandenstein's research, who also mentions that there is minimal difference between East Ngarluma and West Ngarluma, and that all his informants spoke East Ngarluma (von Brandenstein 1966:2).

 

References: 
  • Brandenstein, Carl G. von. 1966. Interim report (3) [to A.I.A.S.] on field NW - WA 15.8.65 - 15.9.65. (PMS 2130).
  • Brandenstein, Carl G. von. 1967. The language situation in the Pilbara - past and present. In Papers in Australian Linguistics 2, 1-20a, + 27 maps. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  • Marmion, Doug. 2007. Yaburarra language fieldwork project : report to the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre (PMS 6217).
  • Veth, Peter, Gara, Tom, Kendrick, Peter. 1994. The Aboriginal face of rock art on the Burrup Peninsula. In Archaeology in the North: proceedings of the 1993 Australian Archaeological Association Conference, eds. M Sullivan et al, 213-226. Darwin: North Australian Research Unit, Australian National University.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
WA
Location information: 
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Maps: 
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Tindale 1974
Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
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
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Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual None 0
Manuscript note: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)          
Dixon (2002)          
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975)          
Wurm (1972)          
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)