Y119: Madjay

AIATSIS code: 
Y119
AIATSIS reference name: 
Madjay

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Madjay language Y119
Thesaurus heading people
Madjanydji people Y119
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
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Ethnologue name
Yidiny [Madyay]
ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Madjandji
Tindale (1974)
Matjai (language name), Matjandji, Madyay, ? Mooka.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Synonyms
Yidiny, Madjandji, Madyay, Matjai, Matjandji, Mooka, Wanjuru, Wanyur, Wudjur, Wundjur, Mutyanthi
Comment
Comments: 
According to Dixon (1977, 2002), Yidiny Y117, Gunggay Y114, Madjay (Y119) and Wanjurr(u) Y165 are in a dialectal relationship. The term 'Yidiny' is used by some as a language name for these dialects. In Yidiny, the suffix '-ndji / -dyji / -ji ' attached to the language name 'X' means 'people who speak X' or 'X people'; thus Madyanydyi people. Previously Wanyurr and Madjay were listed together (Madyay / Wanyurr Y119); see Wanyurr Y165.
References: 
  • Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre.
  • Oates, William J., and Lynette F. Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia: Australian Aboriginal Studies 33, Linguistic Series 12. Canberra: AIAS.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. 1977. A grammar of Yidin: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 19. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian languages: their nature and development: Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 
... around Babinda (Dixon 1991:1).
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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
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Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note available (vocabulary only)
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
SourceFamilyGroupSub-groupNameRelationship
Ethnologue (2005)Pama-NyunganYidinicYidiny [Madyay]Yidiny [dialectes: Gunggay, Yidiny, Madyay]
Dixon (2002)CAIRNS SUBGROUP*MadjayYidinj Dixon (1977a) further dialects: Gunggay, Wanjurr(u), Madjay
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)Pama-NyunganYidinicMadjay
Wurm (1972)Pama-NyunganYidinicMadyay
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)