Y106: Djabugay / Tjapukai^ | AIATSIS Collection

AIATSIS code:

Y106

AIATSIS reference name:

Djabugay / Tjapukai^

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Name

ABN name	Djabugay language
ABS name	Djabugay
Horton name	Djabuganjdji
Ethnologue name	Dyaabugay
ISO 639-3 code	dyy
Tindale name	Tjapukai
Thesaurus heading language	Djabugay / Tjapukai language Y106
Thesaurus heading people
Tindale (1974)	Tjapukandji (valid variant), Tja:pukanja, Tjabogai-tjandji, Tjabogai-tjanji, Tcabogai-tjanji, Toabogai-tjani (typographical error), Tjabogaijanji, Dyabugandyi, Dyabugay, Tapelcay, Tuffelcey (probable misreading of old handwriting), Koko-njunkulu (northern term), Koko-nyungalo, Koko Tjumbundji (Kokojelandji term), Hileman (lapsus calami), Njakali (Buluwai terrn), Nyakali, Barron River dialect (Meston), Binggu (Redlynch horde).
O'Grady et al (1966)	Tjapukandji, Tjapukanja, Tjabogaitjandji, Tjabogaijanji, Kokonjunkulu, Kokonyungalo, Koko-Tjumbundji, Hileman, Njakali, Nyakali
Glottocode	dyaa1242
Other sources
Synonyms	Dyaabugay, Djabuganjdji, Buluwai, Irukandjai, Dyabugay, Tjapukandji, Tjapukanja, Tjabogaitjandji, Tjabogaijanji, Kokonjunkulu, Kokonyungalo, Koko Tjumbundji, Hileman, Njakali, Nyakali, Tja:pukanja, Tjabogai tjandji, Tjabogai tjanji, Tcabogai tjanji, Toabogai tjani, Dyabugandyi, Tapelcay, Tuffelcey, Koko njunkulu, Koko nyungalo, Barron River dialect, Binggu

Comment

Comments:

Djabugay comprised five dialects: Yirrgay Y111, Guluy Y160, Nyagali Y162, Bulway Y110 and Djabugay; Djabugay is used as both a language name and a dialect name. Djabuygay shares similarities with the southern neighbouring language group Yidiny Y117, including vocabulary, pronoun roots, nominal and verbal suffixes and some enclitics; traditionally intermarriage between the two was permitted, resulting in bilingualism. The Kuku Yalanji Y78 to the north was not so socially involved with Djabugay and the cognates, morphological systems and realisations are different in many aspects (Patz, 1991:246-247).

References:

Patz, Elisabeth. 1991. Djabugay. In Handbook of Australian languages, vol. 4, eds R. M. W. Dixon and B. J. Blake, 244-347. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Status:

Confirmed

Location

State / Territory:

QLD

Location information:

The group speaking Djabugay dialects inhabited a triangle from just south of Cairns to just north of Atherton, then northward along the Barron River and on to Mount Molloy, then meeting the coast again between Port Douglas and Mossman (Patz 1991: 246-47).

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Programs

Activities:

Kuranda State School ran a Djabugay program in 80's; this was running up to early 2000's. Smithfield State School also ran a Djabugay program for a while. Several school materials were produced early 90's.

People:

Barry Alpher, Roy Banning, Ken Hale, Sandera Keen, Elisabeth Patz, Michael Quinn, Sue Robertson, Peter Sutton, Djabugay Tribal Aboriginal Corporation

Indigenous organisations:

North Queensland Regional Aboriginal Corporation Language Centre

Speakers

Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	50
1984	Senate	-
1990	Schmidt	-
1996	Census	-
2001	Census	-
2004	NILS	-
2005	Estimate	-
2006	Census	28
2011	Census	27
2016	Census	46

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	Small (20-100 pages)	2
Text Collection	Large (more than 200 pages)	4
Grammar	Sketch grammar (less than 100 pages)	2
Audio-visual	More than 10	3

Manuscript note:

tape transcription/field note available (vocabulary only)

Grammar:

Patz, Elisabeth 1991 Djabugay. In Handbook of Australian languages, vol. 4, eds. RMW Dixon and B Blake, 244-347. Canberra: ANU Press.

Dictionary:

Roy Banning & Sue Robertson. 1990. Jaabugay-English dictionary.

Classification

Source	Family	Group	Sub-group	Name	Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)	Pama-Nyungan	Yidinic		Dyaabugay	Dyaabugay [dialects: Njakali (Nyakali, Nyagali), Dyaabugay, Gulay]
Dixon (2002)		CAIRNS SUBGROUP*		Djabugay	Djabugay Patz (1991) further dialects: Yirrgay, Bulway, Guluy, Njagali
Wurm (1994)	Pama-Nyungan	Yidinyic		Dyaabugay
Walsh (1981)	Pama-Nyungan	Yidinyic		Dyaabugay	Dyaabugay [dialects: Dyaabugay, Bulway, Yirgay, Guluy, Nyagali]
Oates (1975)	Pama-Nyungan	Yidinic		Djabugay
Wurm (1972)	Pama-Nyungan	Yidinic		Dyabugay
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)	Pama-Nyungan	Pama-Maric	Atherton Pama	Tjapukai