Y98: Kuku Waldja / Wulpura

AIATSIS code: 
Y98
AIATSIS reference name: 
Kuku Waldja / Wulpura

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Kuku Waldja / Wulpura language Y98
Thesaurus heading people
Kuku Waldja / Wulpura people Y98
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
Wulpura
Tindale (1974)
Wolpa (name of range west of Mount Romeo), Wulpurara, Wulbur-ara, Walpoll, Wulurara, Woora (place name on South Mossman River), Kokowaldja, Koko-baldja (language name), Waldja.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode
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Other sources
Wulbura [Patz 2002]
Synonyms
Koko baldja, Koko waldja, Kokowaldja, Waldja, Walpoll, Wolpa, Woora, Wulbur ara, Wulbura, Wulpurara, Wulurara, Wulurarara, Gugu Waldja
Comment
Comments: 
Listed as a dialect of Kuku Yalanji Y78 according to Patz (2002:5), but it appears that no data is available. Documentation on Kuku Yalanji Y78 may be relevant.
References: 
  • Patz, Elisabeth. 1982. A grammar of the Kuku Yalanji language of north Queensland, Australian National University: PhD. (MS 1826).
  • Patz, Elizabeth. 2002. A grammar of the Kuku Yalanji language of north Queensland: Pacific Linguistics 527. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Status: 
Potential no data
Location
State / Territory: 
QLD
Location information: 
None in AUSTLANG
Maps: 
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Tindale 1974
Programs
Activities: 
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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-visualNone0
Manuscript note: 
not available
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
SourceFamilyGroupSub-groupNameRelationship
Ethnologue (2005)Pama-Nyunga
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)Pama-NyunganYalanjicGugu Waldja
Wurm (1972)Pama-NyunganYalanjic (or Family)Wulpura
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)Pama-NyunganPama-MaricEastern PamaWulpura