Language information

AIATSIS Code: Y211*

AIATSIS reference name: Uutaalnganu

[Comment]

Comment: Thompson (MS 1332, PMS 5416) and apparently West made some recordings.

Thesaurus lists Uutaalnganu but with no language code.

Status: Confirmed

[Name]

Standard names used in different sources

• ABN:
  
  
• ABS:
  
  
• Horton: Uutaalnganu
  
  
• Ethnologue:
  
  
• ISO 639-3 code:
  
  
• Tindale:
  
  
• Thesaurus:

Other names/spellings used for this language

Tindale (1974):

O'Grady et al (1966):

Other sources: Night Island language (Thompson 2007 p.c.)

[Classification]

AIATSIS classification (tentative): Pama-Nyungan family  Paman group  Northern Paman subgroup  

Source	Family	Group	Sub-group	Name	RelationshipLanguage-dialect relationships
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)		NORTH CAPE YORK SUBGROUP*	Northern Paman subgroup* - Hale (1964, 1976b)	Uutaalnganu	Umpila Thompson (1988) further dialects: Kuuku Yani, Uutaalnganu, Kuuku Ya'u, Kuuku Iyu, Kaantju
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981)
Oates (1975)	Pama-Nyungan		North-eastern Pama	Uwtalngan
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin & Voegelin (1966)

[Location]

State: QLD

Location: To me he has described the extent of uutaalnganu as from Night Island north to Lloyd Bay as far as Lloyd Island. Other informants indicate that in the Claudie River region both uutalnganu and kuutjaanyu were used, and that in the Cape Sidmouth region both uutaalnganu and kiikinyu were used. The general consensus of information puts Cape Sidmouth as the northern boundary of Umpila, and the Claudie River as the southern boundary of Kuuku-Ya?u, leaving Uutaalnganu in the middle (Thompson 1976:233).

about Claude River to Cape Sidmouth and hinterland (Oates 1975:280).

From mouth of Lockhart River round Cape Direction south along coast almost to Knight Island (LMW); or, along the coast from near Knight Island to Claudie River mouth, but not at Knight Island or in the hinterland (LMW)(Oates 1975:282 on Uwtalngan).(Note that Knight Island is an error for Night Island.)

Maps:
Thompson, David. 1988. Lockhart River ‘sand beach’ language: an outline of Kuuku Ya’u and Umpila. Darwin: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

[Documentation]

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Documentation score (0-16) = 0

Type	Documentation Status	Documentation Score
Word list	None	0
Text Collection	None	0
Grammar	None	0
Audio-visual	None	0

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[Resource]

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[Speaker]

History of speaker numbers:

Oates 1973	Senate 1984	Schmidt 1990	Census 1996	Census 2001	NILS 2004	2005 estimate	Census 2006
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Other: -

NILS language proficiency and usage scale:

1-19 years	20-39 years	40-59 years	60+
-	-	-	-

NILS endangerment Grade (0-5):
-

[Program]

Past and current activities:

People who recorded or did research extensively:


Relevant Indigenous organisations:

Information as on DATE: 2013-03-20 10:26:25