Y43: Kugu Muminh

AIATSIS code: 
Y43
AIATSIS reference name: 
Kugu Muminh

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Thesaurus heading people
ABN name
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ABS name
Kugu Muminh
Horton name
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Ethnologue name
Kuku-Muminh
ISO 639-3 code
xmh
Tindale name
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Tindale (1974)
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
kuku1283
Other sources
Synonyms
Wik Muminh, Kugu/Wik Nganhcara, Kuku Muminh, Mumin, WikMuminh
Comment
Comments: 

Smith and Johnson describe six closely related patrilects Kugu Muminh Y43; Kugu Uwanh Y176; Kugu Ugbanh Y175; Kugu Mu'inh Y224; Kugu Yi'anh Y178 and Wik Iyanh Y172 under the language name Kugu Nganhcara Y59. Their grammar of this language is based primarily on Kugu Uwanh Y176 (2000:358).

This language belongs to a genetic language family (shared origins) which includes: Wik-Mungkan Y57; Wik-Iiyanh Y177 and Y172; Wik-Ngathan Y54 and Y56; Wik-Ngatharr Y51; Wik-Ep Y52; Wik-Me'anh Y53; Wik-Keyangan Y173; Mungkanho; Kugu-Uwanh Y176; Kugu-Ugbanh Y175 and Kugu-Mu'inh Y53 (Sutton, 1993:32).

 

References: 
  • J. Blake, 355-489. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre.
  • Smith, Ian, and Steve Johnson. 2000. Kugu Nganhcara. In Handbook of Australian languages, vol. 5, eds R. M. W. Dixon and Barry Sutton, Peter. 1993. Material culture traditions of the Wik people, Cape York Peninsula. In Records of the South Australian Museum; v. 27 no. 1, pp. 31-52.
Status: 
Confirmed
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 

Coastal area south of mouth of Holroyd River (Oates 1975:274). Kugu Nganhcara: between Kendall River and Moonkan Creek. Today, it is spoken chiefly at Edward River and Aurukun (Smith & Johnson 2000).

Maps: 
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Links
Programs
Activities: 

A documentation project funded by Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project is carried out from December 2006 to December 2009 (http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/fll/hrelp/).

People: 
Ken Hale
Indigenous organisations: 
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates30
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-
1996Census-
2001Census-
2004NILS1-
2005Estimate20
2006Census-
2011Census-
2014NILS2
2016Census-
2018-2019NILS311-50

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 None 0
Text Collection None 0
Grammar Small grammar (100-200 pages) 3
Audio-visual 1-10 2
Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note available
Grammar: 

Smith, Ian & Johnson, Steve. 2000. Kugu Nganhcara. In Handbook of Australian languages, vol. 5, eds. RMW Dixon and B Blake, 355-489. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005) Pama-Nyungan Paman Middle Pama Kuku-Muminh  
Dixon (2002)   NORTH CAPE YORK SUBGROUP* Wik subgroup* Kugu-Muminh (Wik-Muminh) (or Kugu/Wik-Nganhcara) Kugu-Muminh (Wik-Muminh) (or Kugu/Wik-Nganhcara) Smith and Johnson (2000) further dialects (all preceded by Kugu/Wik-): Mu'inh, Uwanh, Ugbanh, Yi'anh, Mangk, Iyanh
Wurm (1994) Pama-Nyungan Paman   Kugu-Muminh  
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Paman Middle Pama Kugu-Muminh  
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan   Middle Pama Wik Muminh  
Wurm (1972) Pama-Nyungan Pama-Maric Middle Pama Wik Muminh  
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Pama-Maric Middle Pama Wik Muminh