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Paakantyi
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Data on the Paakantyi language
Alternative names: Barkindji, Baagandji, Darling
For a full list of alternative names and spellings, see Austlang
Main dialects: Paakantyi has several dialects. According to Hercus (1993), these dialects are: Kurnu, Wanyiwalku, Pantyikali, Naualko, Southern Paakantyi, Wilyakali, Thangkaali, Parrintyi, Marawara, and Paaruntyi. Further, Hercus (2006 p.c.) considers Bulali as a subdialect of Wiyakali . Most of these dialects are now extinct.
Hercus’ Paakantyi grammar and dictionary is mainly on Southern Paakantyi.
Classification: Pama-Nyungan, baagandjic languages
Area: Australia, New South Wales. Plains southwest of Broken Hill from near Tandou Lake, southwestward to Mount Bryan and Burra Creek, northwest of Morgan, So. Aust., chiefly in the more arid country extending generally eastward to within a few miles of the Darling River (Tindale 1974).
Number of speakers : The 2005 National Indigenous Languages Survey Report counted 4 speakers of Paakantyi, whereas the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census counted 22.
Language vitality & transmission :
According to Unesco’s criteria, Paakantyi is “critically endangered” (level 4 on a scale of 5).
Bibliography
Hercus, Luise. 1982. The Bagandji language: Pacific Linguistics B6.7 Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Hercus, Luise. 1993. Paakantyi dictionary. Canberra: the author.
Tindale, Norman. 1974. Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia. Canberra: Division of National Mapping, Department of National Development.
See Austlang website for a complete bibliography on Paakantyi
Links
Paakantyi
Data collected by AUSTLANG
Alternative names: Barkindji, Baagandji, Darling
For a full list of alternative names and spellings, see Austlang
Main dialects: Paakantyi has several dialects. According to Hercus (1993), these dialects are: Kurnu, Wanyiwalku, Pantyikali, Naualko, Southern Paakantyi, Wilyakali, Thangkaali, Parrintyi, Marawara, and Paaruntyi. Further, Hercus (2006 p.c.) considers Bulali as a subdialect of Wiyakali . Most of these dialects are now extinct.
Hercus’ Paakantyi grammar and dictionary is mainly on Southern Paakantyi.
Classification: Pama-Nyungan, baagandjic languages
Area: Australia, New South Wales. Plains southwest of Broken Hill from near Tandou Lake, southwestward to Mount Bryan and Burra Creek, northwest of Morgan, So. Aust., chiefly in the more arid country extending generally eastward to within a few miles of the Darling River (Tindale 1974).
Number of speakers : The 2005 National Indigenous Languages Survey Report counted 4 speakers of Paakantyi, whereas the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census counted 22.
Language vitality & transmission :
According to Unesco’s criteria, Paakantyi is “critically endangered” (level 4 on a scale of 5).
Bibliography
Hercus, Luise. 1982. The Bagandji language: Pacific Linguistics B6.7 Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Hercus, Luise. 1993. Paakantyi dictionary. Canberra: the author.
Tindale, Norman. 1974. Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia. Canberra: Division of National Mapping, Department of National Development.
See Austlang website for a complete bibliography on Paakantyi
Links
WALS entry for Paakantyi: http://wals.info/languoid/lect/wals_code_pkn
AUSTLANG website: http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au/main.php
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