Y38: Yanganyu

AIATSIS code: 
Y38
AIATSIS reference name: 
Yanganyu

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Yanganyu language Y38
Thesaurus heading people
Yanganyu people Y38
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
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Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Pontunj (Jangkonj), Kawadji (Jangkonju)
Tindale (1974)
Jangkonju (language name), Yankonya, Yankonyu for Pontunj. Kawadji (term also used by Kandju and other interior tribes where ['kawai] = east), Mälnkänidji (['mal-?kan] = beach and ['idja] = belonging to), Jangkonju (language term shared with Pontunj), Yankonyu, 'Night Island people for Kawadji.
O'Grady et al (1966)
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Glottocode
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Other sources
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Synonyms
Gawadji, Jangkonju, Kawadji, Mälnkänidji, Night Island people, Pontunj, Pontyni, Yankanju, Yankonya, Yankonyu, Yanggondju, Yankonyu for Pontunj, Night Island people for Kawadji
Comment
Comments: 
Yanganyu is a word found in Kuuku Iyu Y169, Kuuku Ya?u Y22 and Uutaalnganu Y211 (see Thompson 1975 and 1988).
References: 
  • Thompson, David. 1975. Distribution of dialects along the east coast and hinterland of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. PMS 1825.
  • 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: 
Unconfirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
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Location information: 
... approx. Claudie River south to cape Sidmouth and hinterland (Thompson 1988).
Maps: 
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Tindale 1974
Programs
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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
TypeDocumentation StatusDocumentation Score
Word listNone0
Text CollectionNone0
GrammarNone0
Audio-visualLess than 11
Manuscript note: 
not available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
SourceFamilyGroupSub-groupNameRelationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)Pama-NyunganNorth-eastern PamaYanggondju
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)