4.2.11 YUWAT
Location: At Gingin, Moora, New Norcia, Moore River and Cape Leschenault; north to about Hill River; inland to Wubin.
1. Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:
Jabanwongi
Juad (Capell)
Juat
Murara
New Norcia Tribe
Yua(w)át (Brandenstein)
Yuard
Yued
2. Classification of the language:
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966): Nyungar
Identification codes:AIATSIS:W.11
Capell (1963):W.25
Oates (1975):54.1a
3. Dialects of the language:
None
4. Number and distribution of speakers:
Capell (1963) says there are no speakers.
5. People who have worked intensively to record the language:
No one
6. Practical spelling system:
A system is in use by the Bunbury Nyungar group that is applicable to all Nyungar languages.
7. Word lists:
Salvado (1851)
Salvado (1886)
8. Texts:
None
9. Grammar or sketch grammar:
Douglas (1968b)
10. Language programmes:
Ned Mippy and Fr Bernard Rooney have been teaching at Moora Catholic school.
The Bunbury Nyungar group is developing a Nyungar language programme that will be applicable to all Nyungar languages.
11. Language learning material:
Some word lists and primers at the Moora Catholic School
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.2) Food, typescript copy of MS, Section 8, ANL-MS365-27/2-144.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.41) Native vocabularies - Dongara Magisterial District, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2F, ANL-MS365-54/2-22.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.68) Native vocabularies - Melbourne District, WA, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B, ANL-MS365-42/111-124.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.88) Native vocabularies - Newcastle District, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B, ANL-MS365-43/2-5.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.124) Native vocabularies - York District, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B: 27, ANL-MS365-43/79-90.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.145) Songs, dances, etc. - Native songs, Perth, Vasse, Gingin, etc., typescript copy of MS, Section 11, ANL-MS365-36/67-87.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.156) Weapons, arts, crafts - Stone implements, etc., typescript copy of MS, Section 9, ANL-MS365-31/126-190.
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.
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. (1976) The Aboriginal languages of the South-West of Australia, Australian Aboriginal Studies Research and Regional Studies no.9, AIAS, Canberra.
Douglas, W.H. (1982) Writing the South-West language, Mount Lawley College of Advanced Education, Perth.
Moore, G.F. and J. Drummond (1836) Native names from the Perth Gazette, 21 May 1836.
Morphy, F. (1985) Working notes on Western Australian languages. Part of an ARGS project directed by R.M.W.Dixon.
Salvado, R. (1851) Two native dialects of the New Norcia district, De Propaganda Fides, Rome.
Salvado, R. (1886) 'Vocabulary no.16, New Norcia and Leschenault Bay', pp.318-321 in E.M. Curr, The Australian race, Vol.1.
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