Y103: Kuku Kulunggur

AIATSIS code: 
Y103
AIATSIS reference name: 
Kuku Kulunggur

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Kuku Kulunggur language Y103
Thesaurus heading people
Kuku Kulunggur people Y103
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Kuku-yalanji (Kokokulunggur)
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Kokokulunggur
Tindale (1974)
Koko-yalung, Ngarlkajee (of Wakara tribe).
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Kokokulunggur [Patz 1982]
Synonyms
Kuku yalanji, Kokokulunggur, Djankun, Jungkurara, Kokojelandji, Kokowalandja, Muluridji, Wakara, Wulpura, Gulunggor, Gulunggur, Ialung, Ialuniu, Jalung, Jalunju, Koko Kulunggu, Koko yalung, Kulunggur, Ngarlkajee, Yalung, Yalunyu, Gugu Gulunggur
Comment
Comments: 
According to Patz (1982), this is a dialect of Kuku Yalanji Y78. Documentation on Kuku Yalanji Y78 may be relevant.
References: 
  • Patz, Elisabeth. 1982. A grammar of the Kuku Yalanji language of north Queensland, Australian National University: PhD. (MS 1826).
  • Patz, Elizabeth. 2002. A grammar of the Kuku Yalanji language of north Queensland: Pacific Linguistics 527. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  • Sutton, Peter. 2001. Aboriginal country groups and the 'community of native title holders', National Native Title Tribunal Occasional Papers Series, no. 01/2001. Perth: National Native Title Tribunal. (<http://www.nntt.gov.au/Information%20Publications/Aboriginal%20country%2..., viewed 23 July 2015)
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 

Speakers of the Kuku Yalanji language traditionally inhabited an area of over 2000 sq km extending from the Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to presumably just west of Mt Mulgrave (Patz 2002:6).

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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 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)       Kuku-Kulunggur Kuku-Yalanji Patz (1982) further dialects: Kuku-Njungkul, Kuku-Bididji, Kuku-Dungay, Kuku- Buyundji, Kuku-Kulunggur, Kuku-Yalaja (or Kuku-Yelandji), Koko-Walandja, (Kuku-)Wakura, (Kuku-) Wakaman, (Kuku-)Djangun, (Kuku-) Muluridji, Kuku-Jakandji
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Yalanjic   Gugu Gulunggur  
Wurm (1972)          
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)