Gooniyandi
[également appelé Guniyandi, Guniandi, Gunian]Classification : Bunaban
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En grand danger
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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~100
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Of the fluent speakers, about half would identify as Gooniyandi people and 'owners'. The remainder are Bunuba, Kija, Jaru, and Walmajarri who have Gooniyandi as a second language.
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Some individuals under 30 can understand but do not speak.
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All fluent speakers of Gooniyandi are over 30.
- DATE OF INFO
- 1980 or 1982
- DOMAINES D'UTILISATION
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- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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"In speaking to very young children, members of the older -- usually grandparental -- generation frequently use Gooniyandi. Parents usually speak to their children in Kriol... children do generally have some exposure to Gooniyandi, and generally know some of the more comon words... Gooniyandi is thus still in daily use."
- SOUTIEN INSTITUTIONNEL
- After the missionaries' censure of the language in the 50s, there have been several attempts at integrating Gooniyandi into education, all short-lived.
- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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Kriol
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Aboriginal English
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
United Aborigines Mission established a local Mission in 1951. It opened the first school and hostel. In the hostel, native tongues were forbidden, and "this was probably an important factor in the demise of traditional language, and the rise of Kriol."
- Caractères, systèmes d'écriture et orthographes
- McGregor's practical (phonemic) orthography in 1982
- Competing Orthographies
- Hudson-Street-Chestnut's (non-phonemic) orthography in 1984
- Orthographe
"Writing was unknown in Aboriginal Australia."
McGregor devised a practical (phonemic) orthography for Gooniyandi in 1982, followed by a Hudson-Street-Chestnut orthography of 1984 but it is non-phonemic and cumbersome.
- PLACES
- Fitzroy Valley, Kimberley, Australia
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"Southern Kimberley region of Western Australia"