4.3.10 NHANTA

4.3.10 Nhanta


Location: South of the Murchison River; at Tjinbarda near Northampton and Wilugabi near Geraldton.
1. Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:
Eaw
Jau
Nanda
Watjandi (Tindale)
2. Classification of the language:
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966): Kardu
Identification codes:AIATSIS:W.14
Capell (1963):W.30
Oates (1975):53.4a
Morphy (1985) says that Amangu and Nhanta are the same language. Tindale includes Buluguda, Damala and Daguda as local hordes of Nhanta.
3. Dialects of the language:
No information
4. Number and distribution of speakers:
Drury (p.c.): very few speakers at Northampton, Geraldton and other towns in the region.
5. People who have worked intensively to record the language:
Vi Drury is now working on this, her mother's language.
6. Practical spelling system:
Drury is working with a practical spelling system.
7. Word lists:
Brandenstein (1973a)
Drury (1989)
Goldsworthy (1886a)
O'Grady (1959)
8. Texts:
None
9. Grammar or sketch grammar:
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966:119) contains phonological and morphological information about Nhanta.
10. Language programmes:
None
11. Language learning material:
None
12. Literature in the language:
None
13. Material available:
(see section 5 (Bibliography) for annotations on the following works)
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1973a) AIAS questionnaire, MS.
Drury, V. (1989) [Nhanta notes].
Goldsworthy, R.T. (1886a) 'Vocabulary no.14,The Eaw tribe', pp.314-315 in E.M.Curr, The Australian race, Vol.1.
Hale, K.L. and G.N. O'Grady (1960) Fieldnotes, MS.
Morphy, F. (1985) Working notes on Western Australian languages. Part of an ARGS project directed by R.M.W. Dixon.
O'Grady, G.N. (1959) Significance of the circumcision boundary in Western Australia, BA thesis, University of Sydney .
O'Grady, G.N (1967c) Ngulipatu, Nyamal, Nyangumata. Transcripts of audiotapes, ts.
O'Grady, G.N., C.F. Voegelin and F.M. Voegelin (1966) 'Languages of the world: Indo-Pacific fascicle 6', pp.1-197 in Anthropological Linguistics, Vol.8, no.2.
Terry, F. and V. Hamersley (1949) Wordlist, MS.


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