Y22: Kuuku Ya'u | AIATSIS Collection

AIATSIS code:

Y22

AIATSIS reference name:

Kuuku Ya'u

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Name

Thesaurus heading language	Kuuku Ya'u language Y22
Thesaurus heading people	Kuuku Ya'u people Y22
ABN name	-
ABS name	Kuuku-Ya'u
Horton name	Kuuku-ya'u
Ethnologue name	Kuuku-Ya'u
ISO 639-3 code	kuy
Tindale name	Pakadji
Tindale (1974)	Yao, Ya'o, Koko Ya':o, Koka-yao (term applied by southern tribes), ? Makadama.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode	kuuk1238
Other sources	Kuuk-Yak (Kuuk-Thaayorre name) [Alpher, p.c. 2006]
Synonyms	Kuuku Yau, Kuuku yau, Pakadji, Gugu Yau, Guugu YauBagadji, Jao, Kao Kokoyao, Koka yao, Koko Ya:o, KokoYao, Koko yao, Kuku Yau, Kuku Yao, Kuuk Yak, Makadama, Yao, Koko Yao

Comment

Comments:

Kuuku Ya'u is part of a dialect complex with Umpila Y45 and Kaanju Y44 (Hill 2011:58).

References:

Hill, Clair. 2011. Named and unnamed spaces: colour, kin and the environment in Umpila. Senses & Society 6(1):57-67.
Thompson, David. 1988. Lockhart River 'sand beach' language: an outline of Kuuku Ya'u and Umpila: Work Papers of SIL-AAIB, A 11. Darwin: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

Status:

Confirmed

Location

State / Territory:

QLD

Location information:

Uu'ungun south to Claudie River and hinterland (Thompson 1988:2).

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Programs

Activities:

The English Aboriginal Dictionary project has created a multimedia English-Umpila-Kuuku Ya'u dictionary (http://www.turtlelane.com.au/TLS/SignificantProjectsData.html#mmdictionary)

People:

David Thompson, Wolfgang Laade, Lamont West

Indigenous organisations:

Speakers

Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	-
1984	Senate	-
1990	Schmidt	-
1996	Census	8
2001	Census	9
2004	NILS1	10?
2005	Estimate	9
2006	Census	13
2011	Census	11
2014	NILS2	42
2016	Census	-
2018-2019	NILS3	11-50

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	Less than 20 pages	1
Grammar	Sketch grammar (less than 100 pages)	2
Audio-visual	1-10	2

Manuscript note:

tape transcription/field note available

Grammar:

Thompson, David. 1988. Lockhart River sand beach language: an outline of Kuuku Ya'u and Umpila. Darwin:SIL.

Dictionary:

Thompson, David. 1988. Lockhart River sand beach language: an outline of Kuuku Ya'u and Umpila. Darwin:SIL.

Classification

Source	Family	Group	Sub-group	Name	Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)	Pama-Nyungan	Paman	Northeastern Pama	Kuuku-Ya'u
Dixon (2002)		NORTH CAPE YORK SUBGROUP*	Northern Paman subgroup* - Hale (1964, 1976b)	Kuuku Ya'u	Umpila Thompson (1988) further dialects: Kuuku Yani, Uutaalnganu, Kuuku Ya'u, Kuuku Iyu, Kaantju
Wurm (1994)	Pama-Nyungan	Paman		Kuuku-Ya'u
Walsh (1981)	Pama-Nyungan	Paman	North-Eastern Pama	Kuuku-Ya?u
Oates (1975)	Pama-Nyungan		North-eastern Pama	Gugu Ya?u
Wurm (1972)	Pama-Nyungan	Pama-Maric	Koko Ya'o?	Koko Ya'o?
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)