Y54: Wik Ngathan | AIATSIS Collection

AIATSIS code:

Y54

AIATSIS reference name:

Wik Ngathan

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Name

Thesaurus heading language	Wik Ngathan language Y54
Thesaurus heading people	Wik Ngathan people Y54
ABN name	-
ABS name	Wik Ngathan
Horton name	-
Ethnologue name	-
ISO 639-3 code	-
Tindale name	-
Tindale (1974)
O'Grady et al (1966)
Glottocode	-
Other sources	Wik-Iinychanya [Sutton 1978:108] Wik-Iincheyn [Sutton 1995:iii] Wik-natanya (McConnel 1934) [Sutton 1995]
Synonyms	Wik linjtjenj, Ngaduna, Wik ngatona, Wik Iinychanya

Comment

Comments:

See also Wik Ngathanya Y56. Sutton treats Wik Ngathanya Y56 and Wik Ngathan as referring to the same language and uses Wik-Ngathan as the standard. According to Sutton (1995:iii), the different Wik-Ngathan-owning clans have slightly different dialects. One of these dialects, spoken by the coastal clan with an estate just north of Knox River was known as Wik-Iincheyn in the late 1970s and early 1980s. However, by the 1990s, the use of the name Wik-Iincheyn appears to have stopped, and the Knox River dialect is now known as Wik-Ngathan.

This language belongs to a genetic language family (shared origins) which includes: Wik-Mungkan Y57; Wik-Iiyanh Y177 and Y172; Wik-Ngatharr Y51; Wik-Ep Y52; Wik-Me'anh Y53; Wik-Keyangan Y173; Mungkanho; Kugu-Uwanh Y176; Kugu Muminh Y43; Kugu-Ugbanh Y175 and Kugu-Mu'inh Y53 (Sutton, 1993:32).

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.
Sutton, Peter. 1993. Material culture traditions of the Wik people, Cape York Peninsula. In Records of the South Australian Museum; v. 27 no. 1, pp. 31-52.
Sutton, Peter. 1995. Wik-Ngathan dictionary. Adelaide: Caitlin Press.
Sutton, Peter. 1978. Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia, University of Queensland: PhD. (MS 1274).

Status:

Confirmed

Location

State / Territory:

QLD

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Programs

Activities:

A documentation project funded by Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project is carried out from December 2006 to December 2009 (http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/fll/hrelp/).

People:

Peter Sutton

Indigenous organisations:

Speakers

Year	Source	Speaker numbers
1975	Oates	-
1984	Senate	-
1990	Schmidt	100 - 200
1996	Census	-
2001	Census	-
2004	NILS1	-
2005	Estimate	100
2006	Census	0
2011	Census	4
2014	NILS2
2016	Census	3
2018-2019	NILS3	51-250

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	Medium (100-200 pages)	3
Text Collection	Small (20-100 pages)	2
Grammar	Sketch grammar (less than 100 pages)	2
Audio-visual	1-10	2

Manuscript note:

tape transcription/field note available (vocabulary)

Grammar:

Sutton, Peter. 1978. Appendix 1: The Wik-Ngathana language. In Sutton Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keenweer, Cape York Peninsula, University of Queensland: PhD.

Dictionary:

Sutton, Peter. 1995. Wik-Ngathan dictionary Adelaide. Adelaide:Caitlin Press.

Classification

Source	Family	Group	Sub-group	Name	Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)		NORTH CAPE YORK SUBGROUP*	Wik subgroup*	Wik-Ngathan (= Wik-linjtjenj)	Wik-Ngathan (= Wik-linjtjenj) Sutton (1978) further dialect: Wik-Ngatharr (= Wik-Alken, = Wik-Elken)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)	Pama-Nyungan		Middle Pama	Ngaduna
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)