4.6.11 Warnman

Location: Western Desert between Walmajarri and Nyangumarta areas; Rudall River north to Lake Waukarlycarli, east to Lake Auld (Thieberger).
1. Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:
Nanidjara
Nyaani (jarra) Brandenstein
Nyarnijarra
Wanman (Capell)
Warumala (Tindale)
2. Classification of the language:
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966): Wati, in a subgroup by itself.
Identification codes:AIATSIS:A62
Capell (1963):A36
Oates (1975):56.1
3. Dialects of the language:
Thieberger (1990) notes that there are at least two dialects of Warnman recognised by speakers of the language: one from Lake Auld (Nyarnijarra), and one from further to the south-west. Desert languages have an avoidance style as well as the everyday style.
4. Present number and distribution of speakers:
Oates (1975): about 100 speakers at Marble Bar, Nullagine Station, Strelley.
Thieberger (1990): speakers at Port Hedland, Parnngurr, Jigalong, Nullagine, Punmu.
5. People who have worked intensively to record the language:
Capell says O'Grady and Hale have notes.
Nicholas Thieberger (since 1988)
6. Practical spelling system:
Strelley Schools use the same system as for Nyangumarta.
7. Word lists:
Davidson (1932)
O'Grady (1959)
Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre (1990)
Taylor and Thieberger (1988b)
Taylor, Jadai and Thieberger (1987)
Strelley Schools are working on a word list of Warnman.
8. Texts:
Brandenstein (1982a)
Brandenstein (1969g)
O'Grady (n.d.g)
Taylor and Thieberger (1988a)
9. Grammar or sketch grammar:
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) have some notes.
10. Language programmes:
Strelley and Punmu schools are using Warnman material in their language programmes.
11. Language learning material:
None
12. Literature in the language:
Taylor, Jadai and Thieberger (1987)
13. Material available:
(see section 5 (Bibliography) for annotations on the following works)
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1966b) Interim report (1) [to AIAS] on fieldwork in north-west Western Australia, 6-30 June 1966.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1966d) Report [to AIAS] on fieldwork 1-31 July 1966.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1968b) Interim report, 1968, no.1 (July-August).
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Brandenstein, C.G. von (n.d.e) [Unpublished material].
Burbidge, A.A., K.A. Johnson, P.J. Fuller and R.I. Southgate (1988) 'Aboriginal knowledge of the mammals of the Central Deserts of Australia', pp.9-39 in Australian Wildlife Research, Vol.15.
Davidson, D.S. (1932) Comparative vocabularies of 19 Western Australian languages, ts.
Davidson, D.S. (1947) 'Footwear of the Australian Aborigines: environment vs. cultural determination', pp.114-123 in Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Vol.3, no.2.
Hale, K.L. (1960) Fieldnotes, MS.
Hale, K.L. (n.d.b) Language elicitation (audiotapes).
Marsh, J.L. (1989) Warnman pronouns, ts.
Marsh, J.L. (1989) Warnman verbs, ts.
O'Grady, G.N. (1959) Significance of the circumcision boundary in Western Australia, BA thesis, University of Sydney .
O'Grady, G.N. (1960b) 'More on lexicostatics', pp.338-339 in Current Anthropology, Vol.1, no.4.
O'Grady, G.N. (1967a) [Audiotape recordings from Carnarvon, La Grange, Marble Bar and De Grey River area] (audiotape).
O'Grady, G.N. (1967g) Nyangumarda, Ngarla, Nyamal, Warnman [Transcripts of audiotapes], ts.
O'Grady, G.N. (1967i) Talandji, Yinggarda, Warrienga, Purduna, Warnman, Nyangumarda [Transcripts of audiotapes], ts.
O'Grady, G.N. (1968) Notes, MS.
O'Grady, G.N. (n.d.g) Wanman text, 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.
Peile, A.R. (1965c) [Letter to AIAS], Beagle Bay Mission, 27 June 1965.
Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre (1990) Warnman word list, Port Hedland.
Roheim, G. (1945) The eternal ones of the dream: a psychoanalytic interpretation of Australian myth and ritual, International Universities Press, New York.
Taylor, D. (1987a) [Warnman language notes].
Taylor, D.(1987b) Warnman Wimi, audiocassette.
Taylor, D. and N. Thieberger (1988a) Warnman audiotapes and fieldnotes.
Taylor, D. and N. Thieberger (1988b) Warnman wordlist, ts.
Taylor, D., T. Jadai and N. Thieberger (1987) Warnman picture vocabulary, ts.
Thieberger, N. (1989) 'Martu statements on the ownership of Karlamlyi', pp.234-248 in G. Wright, (ed.) The significance of the Karlamilyi region to the Martujarra of the Western Desert, Western Desert Puntukurnuparna Aboriginal Corporation, Port Hedland.
Thieberger, N. (1990) Warnman fieldnotes.
Tindale, N.B. (1952-54) Field journal of Norman B. Tindale: 18th expedition under the auspices of Board for Anthropological Research, University of Adelaide and the University of California at Los Angeles, 1952-1954 (ts and MS).
Walsh, F.J. (1990) 'An ecological study of traditional Aboriginal use of '"'country'"': Martu in the Great and Little Sandy Deserts, Western Australia', pp.23-37 in Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia, Vol.16.

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