Y75: A'ragu

AIATSIS code: 
Y75
AIATSIS reference name: 
A'ragu

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
A'ragu language Y75
Thesaurus heading people
A'ragu people Y75
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Tindale (1974)
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Synonyms
Aragu
Comment
Comments: 
This is a people name according to Oates and Oates (1970:202, 209). However, West (1965) made recordings of a language he termed Araku / ?A?u- (Y75), for which he mentions 'Kuku Wara' Y80 as an alternative name. It may be that A'ragu is a dialect of Kuku Wara. Rigsby (1979:90) acknowledges that Koko Warra Y80 is little known and may refer to more than one language, as does Black (1975:1). Given this, A'ragu is now a distinct language heading in this database, rather than an alternative name for Koko Wara (though it may be a closely related dialect).
References: 
  • Black, Paul David. 1975. Report on Koko-Wara. Ms, AIATSIS. (PMS 3086)
  • Capell, Arthur. 1963. Linguistic survey of Australia. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
  • Oates, William J., and Lynette F. Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia: Australian Aboriginal Studies 33, Linguistic Series 12. Canberra: AIAS.
  • West, L. 1965 [1961-65]. Notes for the Australian Aboriginal sign language film. Manuscript. AIATSIS.
Status: 
Unconfirmed
Location
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Location information: 
Between Laura and Cape Stakey, south of Princess Charlotte Bay, Q (Capell 1963, Oates & Oates 1970:202). Laura area to Jack Lakes (West 1965).
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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 None 0
Audio-visual None 0
Manuscript note: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975) A'ragu
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)