Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Dalandji, Dalendi, Djalendi, Dalaindji, Dalangi, Talandji, Talanji, Talanjee, Talaindji, Talainji, Tallainji, Tal-lainga, Tallainga, Talandi, Talangee, Taloinga, Thalantji, Inikurdira, Jinigudira, Jinigudera, Jinigura, Jiniguri, Jarungura, Talandji-Buduna, Taliandji,Dhalandji
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Kanyara
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dhl
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Compare Sources (9)

Information from: “Thalanyji” .

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
A few
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Today, the Thalanyji language is spoken fluently by only a few elders. These speakers live in the town of Onslow but were born and raised along the Ashburton River. There are also younger people who are partial or passive Thalanyji speakers living mostly in Onslow, Port Hedland, Tom Price or Carnarvon. "

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Thalanyji country is traditionally located around the Ashburton River and Onslow areas. Many Thalanyji people spent time in Carnarvon Mission as well as on various stations including Minderoo, Towera, Yanrey, Nanutarra, Emu Creek, Lyndon, Winning Pool, Yanrey, Glenflorrie, Uaroo, Mt Stuart and many others. After the 1967 Referendum, many Thalanyji people moved to Onslow for work (some to Carnarvon) and lived in the old Native Reserve, which is now Bindi Bindi community."

A few
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Wurm and Hattori (1981).

PLACES: Australia;

Severely endangered

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

DATE OF INFO: 1981

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~12
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The language currently has about a dozen fluent speakers, with many people speaking it as a second language. It is the daily medium of communication among some older people in Carnarvon and Onslow. The number of partial speakers is unknown, but is likely to be substantial."

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Cardabia, North-West Cape, Nanutarra

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Spoken along the coast from Cardabia north to North-West Cape and inland
along the lower reaches of the Ashburton River as far as Nanutarra Station."

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

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

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6
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.			20	1981	10-99			Severely 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		20		10-99	Data for the number of native speakers comes from Wurm and Hattori (1981).		Severely 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.												-22.51113459, 114.7073318
		Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS			Canberra			http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub		6		1-9			Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	1988	Aboriginal Languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton Region		43-63				LaTrobe Working Papers in Linguistics	1				https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/38000125/Austin_GascoyneAshburton.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1550356316&Signature=oHEyGNVxln%2BkbspCkFfM7J8w4w0%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DAboriginal_languages_of_the_Gascoyne-Ash.pdf	P. Austin	P. Austin. 1988. "Aboriginal Languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton Region." In LaTrobe Working Papers in Linguistics, 1: 43-63.	HHOLD		~12		10-99	"The language currently has about a dozen fluent speakers, with many people speaking it as a second language. It is the daily medium of communication among some older people in Carnarvon and Onslow. The number of partial speakers is unknown, but is likely to be substantial."	Many	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"Spoken along the coast from Cardabia north to North-West Cape and inland along the lower reaches of the Ashburton River as far as Nanutarra Station."	Australia	Cardabia, North-West Cape, Nanutarra	-22.847071,113.816528; -21.867234,114.132729; -22.631758,116.333771
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		2		1-9			Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2009	Thalanyji									Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre		http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=162&Itemid=323		Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. 2009. "Thalanyji." Online: http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=162&Itemid=323.		0	A few		1-9	"Today, the Thalanyji language is spoken fluently by only a few elders. These speakers live in the town of Onslow but were born and raised along the Ashburton River. There are also younger people who are partial or passive Thalanyji speakers living mostly in Onslow, Port Hedland, Tom Price or Carnarvon. "		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			"Thalanyji country is traditionally located around the Ashburton River and Onslow areas. Many Thalanyji people spent time in Carnarvon Mission as well as on various stations including Minderoo, Towera, Yanrey, Nanutarra, Emu Creek, Lyndon, Winning Pool, Yanrey, Glenflorrie, Uaroo, Mt Stuart and many others. After the 1967 Referendum, many Thalanyji people moved to Onslow for work (some to Carnarvon) and lived in the old Native Reserve, which is now Bindi Bindi community."
		World Oral Literature Project											http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			20		10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	425-577		Christopher Moseley	Routledge			London and New York				Stephen Wurm	Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.			A few

Thalanyji

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

A few

A few

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~12

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Discussion

Thalanyji

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

A few

A few

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~12

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Discussion

Suggest information or improvement

Download language data

Sources of information

Compare Sources