W7: Wiilman

AIATSIS code: 
W7
AIATSIS reference name: 
Wiilman

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Wiilman language W7
Thesaurus heading people
Wiilman people W7
ABN name
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ABS name
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Horton name
Wiilman
Ethnologue name
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ISO 639-3 code
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Tindale name
Wiilman
Tindale (1974)
Wheelman, Weel, Weal, Weil, Will, Jaburu (Koreng term, i.e., northerners or northwesterners), Williams tribe.
O'Grady et al (1966)
Wheelman, Weel, Weal, Weil, Will, Jaburu
Glottocode
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Other sources
Synonyms
Nyungar, Wilmen, Wiilman, Wheelman, Wilmun, Jaburu, Jabururu, Weal, Weel, Weelabandi, Weil, Wi:lman, Will, Williams tribe
Comment
Comments: 

Oates (1975:88) says that this is not included in any recent classification. However, it is tentatively treated as a Noongar W41 dialect as in Dixon (2002) (though Dixon treats them as 'tribal' names).

Wiilman is one of the Noongar / Nyungar W41 groups; see Noongar / Nyungar W41 for a discussion about the relationship between Noongar / Nyungar people names and language/dialect names.

The Noongar Boodjar Waangkiny Language Centre assigns the Wiilman (W7) clan to the 'Kongal-marawar: South-western' dialect, noting the approximate nature of 'how the original 14 recognised Noongar Clans have been drawn into 3 main dialects'.

 

References: 
  • Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian languages: their nature and development: Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Noongar Boodjar Waangkiny Language Centre. <http://noongarboodjar.com.au/language/noongar-dialects/>, viewed 19 October 2015.
  • Oates, Lynette F. 1975. The 1973 supplement to a revised linguistic survey of Australia. Armidale: Armidale Christian Book Centre.
  • 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: 
Potential data
Location
State / Territory: 
WA
Location information: 

At Wagin and Narrogin; on Collie, Hotham, and Williams rivers west to Collie; Wuraming north to Gnowing, Dattening, and Pingelly; east to Wickepin, Dudinin, and Lake Grace; south to Nyabing (Nampup), Katanning, Woodanilling, and Duranilling (Tindale 1974).

 

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PDF icon Oates_W7.pdf
Tindale 1974
Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal languages south of the Kimberley Region
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/4_2_9.htm
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
Type Documentation Status Documentation Score
Word list Less than 20 pages 1
Text Collection None 0
Grammar None 0
Audio-visual None 0
Manuscript note: 
tape transcription/field note available (Bates)
Grammar: 
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Dictionary: 
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005) Pama-Nyungan South-West Nyungar    
Dixon (2002)       Wilmen Nyungar tribal names: Njunga, Wutjari, Koreng, Minang, Pipalman, Wartanti, Pindjarup, Whadjuk, Kaneang, Wilmen, Njaki-Njaki
Wurm (1994)          
Walsh (1981)          
Oates (1975) Pama-Nyungan Pilbara-Nyungar (Southwest) Njungar Wiilman  
Wurm (1972)          
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) Pama-Nyungan Southwest Nyunga Wiilman