4.2.5 KANIYANG
Location: Kojonup, Collie, Donnybrook, Greenbushes; south of Collie River to Collie; north to Harvey.
1. Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:
Ganajang (AIATSIS)
Harvey Tribe
Jabururu
Kaneang (O'Grady)
Kaniyan
Kunyung
Uduc
Yobberoore
2. Classification of the language:
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966): Nyungar
Identification codes:AIATSIS:W.04
Capell (1963):W.17
Oates (1975):54.1c
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:
A system is in use by the Bunbury Nyungar group that is applicable to all Nyungar languages.
7. Word lists:
Small (1886)
8. Texts:
None
9. Grammar or sketch grammar:
Douglas (1968b)
10. Language programmes:
The Bunbury Nyungar group is developing a Nyungar language programme that will be applicable to all Nyungar languages.
11. Language learning material:
See entry under 10, above.
12. Literature in the language:
None
13. Material available:
(see section 5 (Bibliography) for annotations on the following works)
Bates, D.M. (n.d.60) Native vocabularies - Kojonup, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B, ANL-MS365-46/89-92.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.64) Native vocabularies - Lower Blackwood, Kojonup, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B: 30, ANL-MS365-44/2-10.
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.
Bindon, P. (n.d.) Notes on plant foods of the Southwest, extracted from D.M.Bates's manuscript, ts.
Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1903a) 'Aboriginal placenames and meanings', p.133 in Science of Man, Vol.6, no.9.
Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1903b) 'Western Australian Aboriginal placenames', p.147 in Science of Man, Vol.6, no.10.
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. (1976b) The Aboriginal languages of the South-West of Australia, Australian Aboriginal Studies Research and Regional Studies no.9, AIAS, Canberra.
Graham, W.H. (1886) 'Vocabulary no.23, Kojonup and Eticup', pp.348-351 in E.M. Curr, The Australian race, Vol.1.
Hassell, E. (1936) 'Notes on the ethnology of the Wheelman tribe of Southwestern Australia', pp.679-711 in Anthropos, Vol.31.
Small, M.B (1886) 'Vocabulary no.24, Uduc, Harvey tribe', pp.358-359 in E.M. Curr, The Australian race, Vol.1.
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