E94: Undanbi

AIATSIS code: 
E94
AIATSIS reference name: 
Undanbi

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Thesaurus heading people
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Gubbi Gubbi (Undanbi)
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Undanbi
Tindale (1974)
Undumbi (['dan] = man), Oondumbi, Mooloola (name of a river), Turrubul (language name), Turrbul, Churrabool, Djindubari (horde on Bribie Island), Djuadu-bari, Jooaduburrie, Bo-oobera, Dippil (language term applied to this and sometimes to the Kabikabi tribes people-a general term in southeastern Queensland.)
O'Grady et al (1966)
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Other sources
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Synonyms
Gubbi Gubbi, Dallambara, Dowarbara, Dulingbara, Kabi Kabi, Nalbo, Ngundanbi, Undumbi, Oondumbi, Mooloola, Turrubul, Turrbul, Churrabool, Djindubari, Djuadu bari, Jooaduburrie, Bo oobera, Dippil
Comment
Comments: 
According to Tindale (1974), this is the name of a group whose language was Turubul E86. On the other hand, Steele (1984:162) treats Undanbi as one of groups of people whose language was Kabi E29.
References: 
  • 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.
  • Steele, John. 1984. Aboriginal pathways in southeast Queensland and the Richmond River. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press.
Status: 
Unconfirmed
Location
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Location information: 
Durundurun, on the north side of Moreton Bay and thence towards Wide Bay and the Burnett District (For Dippil, Ridley 1866). Coastal strip along Coolum Beach and Moreton Bay from Noosa Heads south to mouth of Brisbane River; in the Pine River district; inland only for about 10 miles (16 km.); at the Glasshouse Mountains; on Bribie Island (Tindale 1974).
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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).

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Classification
SourceFamilyGroupSub-groupNameRelationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)Pama-NyunganWaka-KabicMiyanNgundanbi
Oates (1975)
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)