Location: From Bunbury to Cape Leuwin, chiefly along the coast, at Geographe Bay, Nannup and Busselton.
1. Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:
Belliman
Bunbury Tribe
Dordenup
Kardagur
Wadandi
Wadjandi
Wardandee (Bates)
2. Classification of the language:
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966): Nyungar
Identification codes:AIATSIS:W.03
Capell (1963):W.36
Oates (1975):54g
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:
Barlee (1886c, 1886d)
Brockman (1949)
Buller-Murphy (1958)
Buller-Murphy (n.d.a)
Bussell (n.d.)
Hope (1916)
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:
The Bunbury Nyungar group is developing some material.
12. Literature in the language:
Douglas (1982)
13. Material available:
(see section 5 (Bibliography) for annotations on the following works)
Barlee, F. (1886c) 'Vocabulary no.24, Bunbury', pp.352-355 in E.M. Curr, The Australian race, Vol.1.
Barlee, F. (1886d) 'Vocabulary no.24, Geographe Bay and Vasse', pp.356-357 in E.M. Curr, The Australian race, Vol.1.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.20) Myths and legends - South-western WA (additional), typescript of MS, Section 7, ANL-MS365-25/2-252.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.30) Native vocabularies - Bunbury, Busselton, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B, ANL-MS365-44/11-15.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.31) Native vocabularies - Bunbury, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B, ANL-MS365-46/2-8.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.32) Native vocabularies - Busselton, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B, ANL-MS365-46/45-88.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.100) Native vocabularies - Plantagenet District, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B, ANL-MS365-42/156-176.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.112) Native vocabularies - South-West, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B, ANL-MS365-43/13-54.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.118) Native vocabularies - Vasse Magisterial District, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2B, ANL-MS365-41/180-271.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.119) Native vocabularies - Vasse, typescript copy of MS, ANL-MS365-46/43-44.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.129) Outline of grammar [2] - Pronouns, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 1, ANL-MS365-37/43-97.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.148) Songs, dances, etc. - Western Australia, typescript copy of MS, Section 11, ANL-MS365-34/2-135.
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.
Brockman, F.S. (1949) List of native names of the South-West tribe, MS.
Buller-Murphy, D. (1958) An attempt to eat the moon, Georgian House, Melbourne.
Buller-Murphy, D. (n.d.a) Dordenup-English dictionary, ts.
Buller-Murphy, D. (n.d.b) Songs and music, MS.
Buller-Murphy, D. (n.d.c) Untitled typescript.
Bussell, A.J. (n.d.) South-West Aboriginal language or dialect, ts.
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. (1976b) 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.
Gilke, E. (n.d.) 24 words spoken by Herbert Dyson of Busselton, ts.
Hope, J. (1916) Information hereunder supplied to Mr J. Hope by native Tommy Bimbar 15/5/1916, MS.
Morphy, F. (1985) Working notes on Western Australian languages. Part of an ARGS project directed by R.M.W.Dixon.
Roth, W.E. (1904) Notes of savage life in the early days of West Australian settlement, pp.45-69 in Royal Society of Queensland Proceedings, Vol.17.
Smyth, R. Brough (1878) The Aborigines of Victoria, Vol.1, Government Printer, Melbourne.
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