Y29: Yinwum

AIATSIS code: 
Y29
AIATSIS reference name: 
Yinwum

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Yinwum language Y29
Thesaurus heading people
Yinwum people Y29
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Yinwum
Ethnologue name
Uradhi [Yinwum]
ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Jinwum
Tindale (1974)
Yeemwoom , Yinwum
O'Grady et al (1966)
Yinwum
Glottocode
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Other sources
Synonyms
Uradhi, Ginwum, Jinwum, Tinwum, Yeemwoon, Jinwun, Yeemwoom
Comment
Comments: 

The data for Yinwum language and people are scarce. McConnel mentions the Yinwum and Nyuwathayi Y21 of the middle and upper Batavia River, who assembled at the McDonnell Telegraph Station with the Itinadyana Y17, Yaraidyana Y231, Lɔ.tiga Y12 and Tepiti Y15 peoples (1939:57). The Yinwum also met with the Tɔtj Y37 and the (M)beiwum Y41 on York Downs cattle station (McConnel, 1939:58). Hale incorporates language data from Yinwum into his discussion about phonological developments of some northern Paman languages (1976:7-40).

 

References: 
  • McConnel, Ursula. 1939. Social organization of tribes of Cape York Peninsula. Oceania, v.10, no.1, no.4; 54-72, 434-455.
  • Hale, Kenneth. 1976. Phonological developments in particular northern Paman languages. In Languages of Cape York, Sutton, Peter (ed). Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 

south of Moreton on the Batavia River and west to Cox Creek (Hale 1964). Upper Wenlock (Batavia) River south of Moreton (Tindale 1974).

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Tindale 1974
Programs
Activities: 
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People: 
Ken Hale
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 A few articles 1
Audio-visual None 0
Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005) Pama-Nyungan Paman Northern Pama Uradhi [Yinwum] Uradhi [dialects: Related to Gudang, Wuthati, Luthigh (Mpalitjanh), Yinwum, Ngkoth, Aritinngithigh, Mbiywom, Andyingit.]
Dixon (2002)   NORTH CAPE YORK SUBGROUP* Northern Paman subgroup* - Hale (1964, 1976b) Yinwum Yinwum probable further dialect: Njuwadhai
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Paman   Yinwum  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Paman Northern Pama Yinwum  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan   Northern Pama Yinwum  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Pama-Maric Northern Pama Yinwum  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Pama-Maric Northern Pama Jinwun