4.4.3 JURRURU
Location: Hardey River, north of Ashburton River; Austin (1983a) situates the language further to the south.
1. Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:
Chooraroo
Churoro
Djuroro (Capell)
Jururu
Thuraru
Tjuroro (Tindale)
2. Classification of the language:
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966): Ngayarda
Identification codes;AIATSIS:W.33
Capell (1963):W.16
Oates (1975):50.3
3. Dialects of the language:
Austin (1988b) says Yankurangku is a local group of Jurruru associated with Wannery Creek.
4. Present number and distribution of speakers:
Brandenstein (1967a) says there were 2 speakers.
Austin (1986 p.c.) notes there were no speakers left.
5. People who have worked intensively to record the language:
Carl-Georg von Brandenstein and Peter Austin have conducted detailed work on recording Jurruru.
6. Practical spelling system:
None
7. Word lists:
O'Grady (1967h)
8. Texts:
Brandenstein (n.d.d)
9. Grammar or sketch grammar:
None
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)
Austin, P. (1978a) Fieldnotes - Dargari, Dhalandji, Yinggarda, Bayungu, Burduna, Dyiwarli, Binigura, Dyururu., MS.
Austin, P. (1978b) Report on fieldwork - Carnarvon, November 1978, ts.
Austin, P. (1979b) A word list of the Mantharta languages, ts.
Austin, P. (1981a) 'Case marking in southern Pilbara languages', pp.211-226 in Australian Journal of Linguistics, Vol.1, no.2.
Austin, P. (1982c) Southern Pilbara phonology revisited. Paper presented at the ALS Annual Conference, Sydney, ts.
Austin, P. (1983a) 'Southern Pilbara dictionaries', pp.1-17 in P. Austin, (ed.) Papers in Australian Linguistics No.15: Australian Aboriginal lexicography, Pacific Linguistics, A-66, Canberra.
Austin, P. (1984c) Southern Pilbara fieldnotes - Notebooks 9-11.
Austin, P. (1985c) Classification of Southern Pilbara Languages. Revised version of a paper presented to the Pacific Science Congress, Dunedin, New Zealand, ts.
Austin, P. (1986c) Comparative list of Pilbara languages (computer file and ts).
Austin, P. (1986d) Database reports (computer file and ts).
Austin, P. (1986e) Gascoyne-Ashburton languages project, Project Report 4, Annotated bibliography, ts.
Austin, P. (1986h) Mantharta languages: glossed sentences and texts (computer file and ts).
Austin, P. (1986i) Ngayarta comparative listing (computer file and ts).
Austin, P. (1986j) Project report 1: placenames, ts.
Austin, P. (1986k) Southern Pilbara phonology, ts.
Austin, P. (1987c) A reference grammar of the Mantharta language, MS.
Austin, P. (1987d) Gascoyne-Ashburton Project, Project Report 6, Spelling of language names, Linguistics Division, La Trobe University.
Austin, P. (1988a) 'Aboriginal languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton region', pp.43-63 in La Trobe Working Papers in Linguistics 1.
Austin, P. (1988b) 'Classification of Southern Pilbara Languages', pp.1-17 in Papers in Australian linguistics No. 17, Pacific Linguistics, A-71, Canberra. [Also Austin (1985c).]
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1965b) General report on linguistic fieldwork.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1965g) Report [to AIAS] on fieldwork in north-west Western Australia, 15 Jun -15 July 1965.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1967a) Interim report, 17 July-10 October 1967.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1968c) Interim report, 1968, no.2 (September-December).
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1969g) The diaries of C.G. von Brandenstein, 1964-1969, MS.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1982a) Eighty-eight grammar text sheets, exemplifying grammatical, lexical and phraseological diversities as well as links of 25 Aboriginal languages from Western Australia, ts.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1982b) Tjururu, ts.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (n.d.c) List of audiotaped material, ts.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (n.d.d) Tjururu text material, ts.
Dench, A.C. (1982a) Jurruru fieldnotes, MS.
O'Grady, G.N.(1967h) Port Augusta and Carnarvon vocabularies- Jurruru, MS.
Radcliffe-Brown, A.R. (n.d.) North-west division short vocabulary, ts.
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