Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Gayardild, Bentinck Islanders, Gaiardilt, Gajadild, Gajardild, Gajardilt, Gaja dilt, Gayadilt, Gayardilt, Gaya dilt, Kaiadil, Kaiadilt, Madunun, Maldanunda, Malununda, Malununde, Mardunung, Marlanunda, Gajadilt, Southern Tangkic, Yangkaal-Kayardild, South Wellesley, Guyadilt, Ngarrkuwa Kangk, Rarumbanda Kangk, Bandingkawanda Kangk, Bentinck Language
CLASSIFICATION		Tangkic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		gyd
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Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2007) Routledge

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"There are only five full speakers left."

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"There are limited materials prepared for school."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"In 1981, about fifty speakers were reported. There has been a rapid shift to English by the speakers since they were taken from Bentinck Island and brought to Mornington Island Mission in 1940, with children prevented from seeing their parents and kept in dormitories."

PLACES: Australia: Northwestern Queensland, on Bentinck Island in the southeastern corner of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Mornington and Bentinck Islands, Australia

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native speakers worldwide
ELDERS
4

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Queensland, Australia

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2006

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4-6
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~150

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Evans (1987)... reports that the Kaiadilt...have no fluent speakers under 45 years of age. Younger speakers retain active command of a small range of vocabulary but speak Kaiadilt with varying degrees of fluency."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Varieties of English have taken over within 40 years of significant white contact. The variety of English will depend on the speaker's age, sex and background (in terms of education, work experience, etc.) as well as situation."

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria

Nearly extinct
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
150
ELDERS
Shifted to English. Only older adults.
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Ethnic population: 150 (2000 N. Evans)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

MORE ON VITALITY

Shifted to English. Only older adults.

PLACES: Australia;

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8
Native speakers worldwide

	May		5469	2000	Learning the World's Languages Before They Vanish		1156-1159				Science	288			http://www.jstor.org/stable/3075227?origin=JSTOR-pdf	Bernice Wuethrich	Wuethrich, Bernice. 2000. "Learning the World's Languages Before They Vanish." In Science, 288: 1156-1159. Online: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3075227?origin=JSTOR-pdf.		~150	4-6		1-9						Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
				1991	Overview of Indigenous Languages of Australia	Language in Australia	27-48		S. Romaine	Cambridge University Press						M. Walsh	Walsh, M. 1991. "Overview of Indigenous Languages of Australia." In Language in Australia, edited by S. Romaine. 27-48. Cambridge University Press.	HHOLD					"Evans (1987)... reports that the Kaiadilt...have no fluent speakers under 45 years of age. Younger speakers retain active command of a small range of vocabulary but speak Kaiadilt with varying degrees of fluency."		English	"Varieties of English have taken over within 40 years of significant white contact. The variety of English will depend on the speaker's age, sex and background (in terms of education, work experience, etc.) as well as situation."							Australia	Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria	-16.497982,139.406097
				2005	"A first Kayardild audiovisual text corpus, with prosodic annotations" HRELP Abstract										http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=76	Goldstein, Louis	Goldstein, Louis. 2005. ""A First Kayardild Audiovisual Text Corpus, with Prosodic Annotations" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=76.			8		1-9						Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15				Mornington and Bentinck Islands, Australia
		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	150	Nearly extinct	2000		Ethnic population: 150 (2000 N. Evans)	Shifted to English. Only older adults.						Shifted to English. Only older adults.			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.																		-17.08808051,139.4873823
					Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS			Canberra		http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub		25	2006	10-99						Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
				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.			6	2000	1-9						Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
				2009	Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us					John Wiley & Sons						Nicholas Evans	Nicholas Evans. 2009. "Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have To Tell Us." John Wiley & Sons.	HHOLD		8		1-9						Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15
		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		8		1-9						Critically 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.			6		1-9						Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
				2006	"Linguistic and Ethnographic documentation of Kayardild" HRELP Abstract										http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=88	Erich Round	Round, Erich. 2006. ""Linguistic and Ethnographic Documentation of Kayardild" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=88.			4		1-9		4	English			Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15				Queensland, Australia
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		5		1-9	"There are only five full speakers left."		English	"In 1981, about fifty speakers were reported. There has been a rapid shift to English by the speakers since they were taken from Bentinck Island and brought to Mornington Island Mission in 1940, with children prevented from seeing their parents and kept in dormitories."	Most	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"There are limited materials prepared for school."	13	15	Australia: Northwestern Queensland, on Bentinck Island in the southeastern corner of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Kayardild

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

8

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

8

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4-6

Nearly extinct

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

8

Discussion

Kayardild

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

8

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

8

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4-6

Nearly extinct

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

8

Discussion

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