Y44: Kaanju / Kaantju | AIATSIS Collection

AIATSIS code:

Y44

AIATSIS reference name:

Kaanju / Kaantju

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Thesaurus heading language	Kaanju / Kaantju language Y44
Thesaurus heading people	Kaanju / Kaantju people Y44
ABN name	-
ABS name	Cape York Peninsula Languages, nec (Kaanju, etc.)
Horton name	Kaantju
Ethnologue name	Kanju
ISO 639-3 code	kbe
Tindale name	Kandju
Tindale (1974)	Ka:ntju, Ka:ndyu, Kandyu, Kantju, Kanju, Kanyu, Karnju, Karndheu, Karntju, Karnyu, Karnu, Kamdhue, Kamdheu, Gandju.
O'Grady et al (1966)	Ka-ntyu, Kanju, Kandyu, Kantju, Kanyu, Karnju, Karntju, Karnyu, Karnu, Kamdhue
Glottocode	kanj1260
Other sources	Kaanytju [Alpher 2006 p.c.]
Synonyms	Cape York Peninsula Languages, etc, Kanju, Kandju, Andjingid, Andyingid, Anjungitie, Candju, Gaanydyu, Gandanju, GandjuIo, Iju, Jaalo, Jabuda, Ka:antju, Ka:ndyu, Kaantyu, Kamdheu, Kamdhue, Kandyi, Kandyu, Kantanyu, Kantju, Kantyu, Kanyu, Karndheu, Karnju, Karntju, Karnu, Karnyu, Kokin oh, Ndhyrl, Neegulada, Wijamo, Yaldiye ho, Ka ntyu, Gaandju, Kaanytju, Ka:ntju, Gandju

Comment

Comments:

Kaanju is part of a dialect complex with Umpila Y45 and Kuuku Ya'u Y22 (Hill 2011:58).

Oates lists North Gaandju and South Gaandju as separate dialects; West made some recordings (1975:284).

References:

Hill, Clair. 2011. Named and unnamed spaces: colour, kin and the environment in Umpila. Senses & Society 6(1):57-67.
Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre.
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.
Tindale, Norman B. 1974. Aboriginal tribes of Australia: their terrain, environmental controls, distribution, limits, and proper names. Berkeley: University of California Press/Canberra: Australian National University Press.

Status:

Confirmed

Location

State / Territory:

QLD

Location information:

... from the present town of Coen to north of the old Moreton Post office (about 200 km) (Thompson 1988:2).

Headwaters of Archer River; on tableland from between Ebagoola and Coen north to heads of Lockhart, Pascoe, and Batavia rivers; east to coastward slope of McIlwraith Range; west to Geikie Range and edge of plateau (Tindale 1974).

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Programs

Activities:

Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation - https://www.kaanjungaachi.com.au/ChuulangunAboriginalCorporation.htm

People:

Wolfgang Laade, Bruce Sommer, David Thompson, Lamont West

Indigenous organisations:

Speakers

Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	exist
1984	Senate	-
1990	Schmidt	-
1996	Census	-
2001	Census	-
2004	NILS1	1000
2005	Estimate	2
2006	Census	-
2011	Census	-
2014	NILS2	42
2016	Census	-
2018-2019	NILS3

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	Less than 20 pages	1
Text Collection	None	0
Grammar	A few articles	1
Audio-visual	More than 10	3

Manuscript note:

tape transcription/field note available

Grammar:

Dictionary:

Classification

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