4.6.5 NGAANYATJARRA

4.6.5 Ngaanyatjarra


Location: Warburton Ranges and to the north-west.
1. Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:
Kuwaratjara (Oates)
Ngaanjadjara (Oates)
Ngana (-jara) (-wanga)
2. Classification of the language:
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966): Wati
Identification codes:AIATSIS:A.38
Capell (1963):A.38
Oates (1975):56.4a
3. Dialects of the language:
Desert languages have an avoidance style as well as the everyday style.
No other information.
4. Present number and distribution of speakers:
Glass and Hackett (1990 p.c.) say there are 1,100 speakers of Ngaanyatjarra/Ngaatjatjarra at Warburton, Jameson, Blackstone, Warakurna, Wanarn, Tjirrkarli and Tjukurla. Others also live at Docker River, Leonora, Mt Margaret, Laverton and Cosmo in the Eastern Goldfields area of Western Australia.
5. People who have worked intensively to record the language:
Wilf Douglas (since early 1950s)
Amee Glass and Dorothy Hackett (since 1963)
6. Practical spelling system:
A system was developed by Douglas in 1952, and has been slightly adjusted by Glass and Hackett.
7. Word lists:
Douglas (1988)
Douglas (1990)
Glass (1975)
Glass and Hackett (1979a)
Glass and Hackett are working on a bilingual dictionary.
8. Texts:
Glass and Hackett (1979b)
9. Grammar or sketch grammar:
Douglas (1964)
Glass and Hackett (1970)
10. Language programmes:
A Ngaanyatjarra learning course has been, but no longer is, offered at the WA Institute of Technology.
11. Language learning material:
Douglas (1964)
Hackett (1973)
Howell (n.d.)
12. Literature in the language:
Many parts of the bible have been translated; Glass and Hackett are working on a translation of the New Testament. Many small books and other works have been produced for language programmes. Not all are listed here.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1977a) Kunmarnarra Series No.1: Ngarlpurringkulanytja, ABED, Perth.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1977b) Kunmarnarra Series No.2: Mama ngunytjutjarra, ABED, Perth.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1977c) Kunmarnarra Series No.3: Kukatjarra, ABED, Perth.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1977d) Kunmarnarra Series No.4: Tjawaranytja, ABED, Perth.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1977e) Kunmarnarra Series No.5: Mungangka, ABED, Perth.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1977f) Kunmarnarra Series No.6: Ngurlu kukurraarnu, ABED, Perth.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1977g) Kunmarnarra Series No.7: Kapi purlkanya pitjangu, ABED, Perth.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1977h) Kunmarnarra Series No.8: Warta kartalkitja yanu, ABED, Perth.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1978a) Kunmarnarra Series No.3p: Tjilku patjarnu, ABED, Perth.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1978b) Kunmarnarra Series No.4p: Ngunytjungkapula yanu, ABED, Perth.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1978c) Kunmarnarra Series No.5p: Kunmarnarranyapula mamararra marluku yanu, ABED, Perth.
Aboriginal Education Branch (1979) Kunmarnarra Series No.6p: Tjukurrpa tjurlputjarra, ABED, Perth.
Butler, Ng. (1985) Tjuma ngaanya papalu nanikuurrpa ngalangu.
Glass, A.D. (1969b) Tjukurpa walypala walykumunu, UAM, Darwin.
Glass, A.D. (1978b) Tjumakula nintirriwa 1-14, ABED, Perth.
Glass, A.D., M. Butler, G. Porter and A. Marshall (1977) You can read Wangkayi, Part 1, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Glass, A.D., M. Butler, and R. Robinson (1978) You can read Wangkayi, Part 2, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Glass, A.D. and W.H. Douglas (1973?) Wangka pirnitjarra, UAM/ATEP, Mt Lawley, Perth.
Glass, A.D. and A. Lawson (1970) Tjukurrpa ngaanya nintipukaringkula wanarnu kuwarikutaya, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Glass, A.D. and D. Newberry, (eds) (1979) Tjuma: stories from the Western Desert, Aboriginal Arts Board, Sydney.
Glass, A.D. and F. Newberry (1973) Nintirriwala wangkaku 1-5, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Glass, A.D., H. Wagner and C. Reynolds (n.d.) Pilyirku mirka, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Mission Publications of Australia (1974) Marlu Kanykanya, MPA.
Newberry, F. (1973a) Tjukurrpa Darwinkulatju kutipitjangu, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Newberry, F. (1973b) Tjukurrpa ngaanya Ngampulalatju nyinarranytja, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Newberry, F. (1973c) Tjumalatju kutipitjangu mirrka yurralkitja, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Newbery, B. (1973) Tjuma marlu purlkanya, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Porter, G. (1974a) Tjilku lirrulu patjantjanya, SIL, Darwin.
Porter, G. (1974b) Tjukurrpa mamutjitjitjarra, UAM/ABED, Perth.
Porter, G. (1974c) Tjukurrpa mirriputju, UAM/ABED, Perth.
Porter, G. (1974d) Tjukurrpa ngaany wayinpa, SIL, Darwin.
Porter, G. (1974e) Tjukurrpa ngaanya raapita, UAM/ABED, Perth.
Porter, G. (1974f) Tjukurrpa ngaanya tjilku yurlta nyinarranytja, UAM/ABED, Perth.
Porter, G. (1974g) Tjukurrpa ngaanya tjilkurarra, SIL, Darwin.
Porter, G. (1974h) Tjukurrpa ngaanya warlawurru, UAM/ABED, Perth.
Porter, G. (1974i) Tjukurrpa pika purlkanyatjarra, UAM/ABED, Perth.
Porter, G. (1974j) Tjukurrpa tjilku kunmarnutjarra, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Porter, G. (1974k) Tjukurrpa tjilku papatjarra, SIL, Darwin.
Porter, G. (1974l) Tjukurrpa wati tjilkurarrapula, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Porter, G. (1974m) Tjuma nyaanya wati purrkutjarranya, SIL, Darwin.
Porter, G. (1974n) Wati kutju kurlilu kampanytja, SIL, Darwin.
Porter, G. (1974o) Wati pikatjarranya, SIL, Darwin.
Porter, G. (1974p) Wati tjilkurarrapula wampartaku yanu, UAM/ABED, Perth.
Porter, G. (1974q) Yalatja mapitjayintjanya, UAM/ABED, Perth.
Porter, G. and D. Robinson (1974a) Kutjulpirtuya palyalpayi yungarralu, SIL, Darwin.
Porter, G and D. Robinson (1974b) Tjukurrpa Darwintalatju nyangu palunyanya, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Porter, G. and D. Robinson (1974c) Tjukurrpa ngaanya paka, SIL, Darwin.
Porter, G., D. Robinson and D. Robinson (1974) Tjukurrpa Darwintalatju kutipitjanytja, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Robinson, Donny (1974a) Ngunytjulunku tjilku pungu mirrirntankutja, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Donny (1974b) Tjilkupula kutjarra kumpira yankutja, UAM/ABED, Perth.
Robinson, Donny (1974c) Tjukurrpa kuurtilu wanantja, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Donny (1974d) Tjuma ngaanya wati purrkutjarrarringkutja, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Donny (1974e)Warta yurltu-yurltu pampu palyantja, SIL,Darwin.
Robinson, Donny (1974f) Wati kutjarraya wakarnu tjunu, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Donny (1974g) Wati mirri wakalkitja kurungkarringu, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Donny (1974h) Watilu mayura wantirra yanu, UAM/ABED, Perth.
Robinson, Donny (1974i) Watiya mirri mingkurlta muku-mukurnu wakantjanya, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Donny (1974j) Yarnanguya kukamaalpa nyinapayi, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Douglas (1974a) Pawurrpalatju nyakukitja yanu, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Douglas (1974b) Purnipula kutjarra, SIL, Dawin.
Robinson, Douglas (1974c) Tjaalu katinytja puru kalikingka katinytja, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Douglas (1974d) Tjilku kutju tjultjulta yankutja, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Douglas (1974e) Tjilkupula ngarlpurringkulanytja, UAM/ABED, Perth.
Robinson, Douglas (1974f) Tjukurrpa lirrukurna ngurlurringkutja, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Douglas (1974g) Watipula palyamanu, SIL, Darwin.
Robinson, Douglas (1974h) Yumariku kuka wakara nintiranytja, SIL, Darwin.
Summer Institute of Linguistics (1973a) Tjukurrpa lirrutjarra, SIL, Darwin.
Summer Institute of Linguistics (1973b) Tjukurrpa mangkitjarra, SIL, Darwin.
Summer Institute of Linguistics (1974) Tjukurrpa ngaanya mangkitjarra, SIL, Darwin.
13. Material available:
Note that a great deal of material has been produced in Ngaanyatjarra, of which the following is a small selection. Contact the Institute for Aboriginal Development in Alice Springs for more detailed information.
(see section 5 (Bibliography) for annotations on the following works)
Bates, D.M. (n.d.109) Native vocabularies - Sandstone Magisterial District, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, 2F, ANL-MS365-54/106-115.
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.
Connors, F. (1934) Native vocabulary, Warburton Range (Lands Department file), ts.
Douglas, W.H. (1964) An introduction to the Western Desert language, Oceania Linguistic Monographs no.16, Sydney University, Sydney.
Douglas, W.H. (1988) An introductory dictionary of the Western Desert language, Institute for Applied Language Studies, Perth.
Douglas, W.H. (1990) Illustrated topical dictionary of the Western Desert language, revised edition, Kalgoorlie College.
Glass, A.D. (1969a) 'A problem in Ngaanyatjarra primer construction', in Notes on Literacy, no.7.
Glass, A.D. (1975) Ngaanyatjarra wordlist, UAM, Darwin.
Glass, A.D. (1978a) Into another world: a glimpse of the culture of the Warburton people, IAD, Alice Springs.
Glass, A.D. (1979a) English loan-words in Ngaanyatjarra and Pintupi, ts.
Glass, A.D. (1979c) 'The sentence: boundaries and basic types in Ngaanyatjarra narratives', pp.23-45 in C. Kilham, (ed.) Four grammatical sketches: from phrase to paragraph, Work Papers of SIL/AAB, SIL, Darwin.
Glass, A.D. (1980a) Cohesion in Ngaanyatjarra discourse, MA thesis, ANU.
Glass, A.D. (1980b) Ngaanyatjarra independent non-indicative sentence types, ts.
Glass, A.D. (1984) 'Recent changes in Ngaanyatjarra grammar', pp.124-132 in ALS 1984 conference pre-circulation papers.
Glass, A.D. (1988) Ngaanyatjarra wordlist (revised edition), Ngaanyatjarra Bible Project, Alice Springs.
Glass, A.D. (1990) Into another world: a glimpse of the culture of the Ngaanyatjarra people, IAD, Alice Springs.
Glass, A.D. (n.d.a) Narratives (audiotape).
Glass, A.D. (n.d.b) The question of dialect in Australian languages with particular reference to the Western Desert, ts.
Glass, A.D., M. Butler, G. Porter and A. Marshall (1977) You can read Wangkayi, Part 1, UAM, Kalgoorlie.
Glass, A.D. and D. Hackett (1970) Pitjantjatjara grammar: a tagmemic view of the Ngaanyatjara (Warburton Ranges) dialect, AIAS, Canberra.
Glass, A.D. and D. Hackett (1979a) Medical phrases from three Western Desert languages, Human Sciences Research, Perth.
Glass, A.D. and D. Hackett (1979b) Ngaanyatjarra texts, AIAS new series no. 16, Canberra.
Hansen, K.C. (1984) 'Communicability of some Western Desert communilects', pp.1-112 in J. Hudson and N. Pym, (eds) Language Survey, Work papers of SIL/AAB, B-11, SIL/AAB, SIL, Darwin.
Howell, H. (n.d.) Ngaanyatjarra Language Learning Course.
Leeding, V.J. (1966) Notes on the Pintubi dialect of the Western Desert language, ts.
McGregor, W. (1979) Aspects of the Ngaanyatjarra language, MA Prelim. thesis, University of Sydney.
Miller, W.R. (1970) Sign language used at the Warburton Ranges in WA, ts.
Miller, W.R. (n.d.a) A note on baby talk in the Western Desert language of Australia (draft ts).
Miller, W.R. (n.d.b) Talking, songs and elicitation (audiotape).
O'Grady, G.N. (1957-58) Materials on the suffixing languages of Western Australia, MS.
Paine, H.L. (1931) 'Native vocabulary, Warburton Range', pp.26-27 appendix to 'Report and Journal of surveyor H.L. Paine' (Lands Department file), ts.
Raa, E. ten and S. Tod Woenne (1974) Research dictionary of the Western Desert language of Australia, Anthropology Department, UWA, Perth (ts and computer disk).
See, R.E. (1965) Comparison of some Australian languages, PhD thesis, University of California, Los Angeles.
Thieberger, N. (1981) Subordination and co-ordination in Ngaanyatjara and Kalkatungu, BA (Hons) thesis, La Trobe University.


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