N116.Q: Marrangu | AIATSIS Collection

AIATSIS code:

N116.Q

AIATSIS reference name:

Marrangu

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Thesaurus heading language	Marrangu language N116.Q
Thesaurus heading people	Marrangu people N116.Q
ABN name	Marrangu language
ABS name	Marrangu
Horton name	-
Ethnologue name	Dhuwal [Marrangu]
ISO 639-3 code	-
Tindale name	Duwal (Marangu)
Tindale (1974)	Marrangu, Marrakuli, Merango
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode	-
Other sources
Synonyms	Dhuwal, Marangu, Marra°u, Marrango, Duwal, Marrakuli, Merango

Comment

Comments:

The different descriptions of Marrangu reflect different perspectives of the sources: The online Yolngu Matha Dictionary describes Marrangu (N116.Q) as a Yolngu clan-nation affiliated with both dhuwal'mirr N198 and djinang N94.1

Schebeck lists Marrangu (N116.Q) under Dhuwal N198, affiliated with the Dhuwa moiety (2001:16).

A Marrangu (N116.Q) group are also listed with Burarra N82 (Schebeck, 2001:18). Waters describes Marrangu (N116.Q) as a Djinang N94.1 clan of the Djuwing (Dhuwa) moiety, some of whom describe their language as Wurrki-gandyarr (lit. 'flower-power); some as Munggurrpi and others Bumiri-binngiligining (1989:249).

Marangu refers to an aggregation of clans which all have Sugar Bag as their main dreaming and interconnected 'dreaming clusters' (Borsboom 1978:27). It is not unusual for a clan to adopt the dominant language of the region (Waters 1989:249).

For Yolngu language groups see Yolngu Matha N230.

References:

Borsboom, Ad. 1978. Dreaming clusters among Marangu clans. In Australian Aboriginal concepts, ed. LR Hiatt, 106 - 120. Canberra: AIAS Press.
John, Greatorex. 2014. Yolngu Matha Dictionary http://yolngudictionary.cdu.edu.au/
Schebeck, Bernhard. 2001. Dialect and social groupings in northeast Arnheim [i.e. Arnhem] Land vol. 7: LINCOM studies in Australian languages, no. 7. München: Lincom Europa.
Waters, Bruce E. 1989. Djinang and Djinba - a grammatical and historical perspective: Pacific Linguistics C-114. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

Status:

Confirmed

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(Dhuwal)

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Speakers

Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	-
1984	Senate	-
1990	Schmidt	-
1996	Census	-
2001	Census	-
2004	NILS1	-
2005	Estimate	30
2006	Census	11
2011	Census	14
2014	NILS2
2016	Census	7
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	None	0
Text Collection	Less than 20 pages	1
Grammar	None	0
Audio-visual	More than 10	3

Manuscript note:

not available

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Classification

Source	Family	Group	Sub-group	Name	Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)	Pama-Nyungan	Yuulngu	Dhuwal	Dhuwal [Marrangu]	Dhuwal [dialects: Dhuwaya, Dhuwal, Liyagawumirr, Marrangu, Marrakulu, Djapu, Liyagalawumirr, Datiwuy]
Dixon (2002)		YOLNGU SUBGROUP*	Western Yolngu subgroup* Waters (1989)	Marrangu	Djinang dialects: (a) Wurlaki, Djardiwitjibi, Mildjingi, Balmbi; (b) Marrangu, Murrungun, Manyarring
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)	Pama-Nyungan	Murngic	Dhuwala	Marangu
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)