Yupungathi is a people name (Y19) whose language is Yuputhimri. The Yupungathi were called /yupungayth/ by the Linngithigh Y26, and Nggerikudi by Hey, presumably /gerikwiti/ (Crowley, 1981:149).
Thomson distinguishes between people Yupungatti (Y19) and language yuputimra (Y19), and identifies the Ngerrikudi in Hey as being the same people/language; he disputes Hey's description of country (1934:218-219).
Hey, Superintendent of the Presbyterian Mission in Mapoon, Batavia River North Queensland, compiled an elementary grammar of the Ngerrikudi language, published in 1903 'revised and edited' by Roth.
Previously the people name Yupangathi was used as the language name for this code (Y19), but there are separate names for language and for people.
Between Janie Creek and the Pennefather River (Crowley 1981). the Yupungatti between Janie Creek and the Pennefather River (Thomson, 1934:218)
... along the coastline from extending from Cullen Point (Batavia River) to the northern side of Duyfhen Point, a distance of about 50 miles (Hey in Roth, 1903:3)
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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).
Hey, Nicholas. 1903. An elementary grammar of the Nggerikudi language. Brisbane: Government Printer.
