Location: East of Lake Grace; at Newdegate, Mount Stirling, Bruce Rock, Kellerberrin; west to Jitarning; south to Kangaroo Soak, Lake Magenta and Mount Madden; east to Lake Hope and Mount Holland.
1. Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:
Kar-Kar
Kilkar
Kokan
Kokar
Njagi Njagi (Oates)
Nyagi-Nyagi
Nyakinyaki (O'Grady)
2. Classification of the language:
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966): Nyungar
Identification codes:AIATSIS:A.01
Capell (1963):A.28
Oates (1975):54.3
Brandenstein (p.c.) suggests that Nyaki-Nyaki is related to Kalaamay, and is definitely not a Nyungar language.
3. Dialects of the language:
None
4. Number and distribution of speakers:
Few or none
5. People who have worked intensively to record the language:
No one
6. Practical spelling system:
None
7. Word lists:
Goldsworthy (1886c)
8. Texts:
None
9. Grammar or sketch grammar:
Douglas (1968b)
10. Language programmes:
None
11. Language learning material:
None
12. Literature in the language:
Douglas (1982)
13. Material available:
(see section 5 (Bibliography) for annotations on the following works)
Bates, D.M. (n.d.111) Native vocabularies - South-west - Miscellaneous, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B, ANL-MS365-44/16-64.
Bennett, E., P. Bindon and P. McKay (n.d.) Plants used by south-western Aboriginals, WA Museum leaflet.
Berndt, R.M. (1980a) 'Aborigines of the South-West', pp.39-53 in R.M. Berndt and C.H. Berndt, Aborigines of the West: their past and present, UWA Press, Perth.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1970b) 'Linguistic Salvage work on the Eastern Goldfields and the South Coast of Western Australia' pp.45-49 in Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research No.12.
Brandenstein, C. G. von (1970f) Report [to AIAS] on fieldwork conducted July- August 1970 as part of the 1969-70 project Western Desert Fringe study, Nedlands, WA.
Brandenstein, C. G. von (1971b) Report to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies on fieldwork conducted September-December 1970 as part of the 1969-70 project Western Desert Fringe study, Nedlands, WA.
Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1903a) 'Aboriginal placenames and meanings', p.133 in Science of Man, Vol.6, no.9.
Douglas, W.H. (1968b) The Aboriginal languages of South-West Australia: speech forms in current use and a technical description of Nyungar, Australian Aboriginal Studies no.14, Linguistic Series no.4, AIAS, Canberra.
Douglas, W.H. (1982) Writing the South-West language, Mount Lawley College of Advanced Education, Perth.
Goldsworthy, R.T. (1886c) 'Vocabulary no.30, Mount Stirling: Kokar Tribe', pp.384-385 in E.M. Curr, The Australian race, Vol.1.
Joukovsky-Vaisvila, O. and G. C. Joyner(1980) Around the rock : a history of the Shire of Nungarin, Western Australia; more historical evidence for the yahoo, hairy man, wild man or Australian gorilla, foreword by R.L. Herbert, Nungarin, WA; Nungarin Shire Council, Canberra.
Morphy, F. (1985) Working Notes on Western Australian languages. Part of an ARGS project directed by R.M.W.Dixon.
Tindale, N.B. (1981) Desert Aborigines and the southern coastal peoples: some comparisons, MS.
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