Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Wurlayi, Coorinji, Garundji, Goarango, Guirindji, Gurindzi, Koorangie, Kooringee, Korindji, Kwarandji, Kwaranjee, We-arr-ung, Wadshara, Manu, Manoo,Gurinji,Gurindji
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Ngumpin-Yapa
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		gue
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Wanyjirra Malngin Gurindji
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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
175
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<250
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
<150
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1983, 250 fluent first language speakers were reported, with a total of 400 including partial speakers."

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Today the speaker numbers are lower, especially because the children only use Kriol. However, language maintenance activities are being undertake. The language is potentially endangered."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Kriol

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"All speakers are bilingual in Kriol, the English-based pidgin lingua franca. "

More on Orthography

"Some literacy in it."

PLACES: Northwestern Northern Territory, Australia. Victoria River and Wave Hill, Kalkaringi.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
540
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
400

DATE OF INFO: 1996 (census)

PLACES: Australia;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: -17.1156473,129.2243998 for the Malngin variety.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2003

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
592
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
12 speakers of the Malngin variety.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250
Native speakers worldwide

			2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Atlas of the World's Languages	97-126		R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley		Routledge		4			Darrell Tryon	Tryon, Darrell. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley. 97-126. Routledge.		250		100-999						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis		SIL International	Dallas, TX			http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	540	1996 (census)	100-999		400				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Australia;
			2011	How many languages were spoken in Australia?			Also includes subsequent additions by CB directly into ElCat							http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx	Claire Bowern	Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.															-17.1156473,129.2243998 for the Malngin variety.		-17.69568213,130.0045992
				Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database						AIATSIS	Canberra			http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	592		100-999	12 speakers of the Malngin variety.					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger						UNESCO Publishing	Paris			http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	175		100-999						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
				World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		250		100-999						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			2012	Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project - Languages: Gurindji					Web page				University of Melbourne	http://linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/research/projects/ACLA/gurindji.html		2012. "Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project - Languages: Gurindji." Online: http://linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/research/projects/ACLA/gurindji.html.		60	2003	10-99						Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
070071197X	3	1	2007	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages						Routledge	Abingdon				Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub	<250		100-999	"In 1983, 250 fluent first language speakers were reported, with a total of 400 including partial speakers."	<150	Kriol	"All speakers are bilingual in Kriol, the English-based pidgin lingua franca. "	All	Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	"Today the speaker numbers are lower, especially because the children only use Kriol. However, language maintenance activities are being undertake. The language is potentially endangered."	13	13		Northwestern Northern Territory, Australia. Victoria River and Wave Hill, Kalkaringi.

Gurindji

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

175

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

540

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

592

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Discussion

Gurindji

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

175

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

540

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

592

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

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