Aboriginal Languages
AustraliaThere were 17.7 million people in Australia in 1995. 170,000 or about 1% of the population is of Aboriginal descent, of whom 47,000 have some knowledge of an Aboriginal language. At time of contact, some 200 languages were spoken. Now only 100 or so remain and most of them very endangered. Aboriginal languages were traditionally spoken by relatively small groups, but each had its territory, culture and transmission assured. Europeans arrived, occupied the territories, massacred the people, and almost destroyed aboriginal cultures. So, it is like a miracle that some languages still survive. Regarding placenames, of the current placenames you see in a map, many are just European impositions put over original aboriginal names, and many others of Aboriginal-looking shape are phonetic renderings of Aboriginal names "as heard" by the invaders. As examples, we list by now placenames for the following languages: Guugu Yimithirr, Dyirbal, Gooniyandi, Arabana-Wangkangurru, Yagara and Yugambeh. |
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AustraliaAustralia: 17,7 milioi biztanle 1995ean. Horietarik %1 edo (170.000 lagun), jatorrizko Aborigeneak, eta hauen artean, jatorrizko hizkuntzaren baten jabe direnak 47.000 omen. Europarrak iritsi zirenean hara, duela 200 bat urte, 200 hizkuntza mintzatuko ziren. Dagoeneko erdiak hil dira, eta beste guztiak daude arriskuan. Hizkuntza australiarrek beti izan zituzten hiztun gutxi, baina talde bakoitzak bere lurra, kultura eta transmisio bideak finkatuta zeuzkan. Europarrak iritsi ziren ordea, eta lurrak okupatu zituzten, kulturak suntsitu, aborigeneak milaka hil eta transmisio bideak eten. Hizkuntza batzuk bizirik badaude oraindik, mirarizkoa dirudi. Toki-izenei dagokienez, mapan ageri direnetarik asko europarrek inposatutakoak dira, eta beste asko itxura aborgienekoak. Horietarik gehienak hurbilpen fonetikoak dira, Europarren belarrien kapritxoa askotan, benetako jatorrizko izena baino gehiago. Adibide gisa, oraingoz hemen leku-izenekin zerrendaturik ditugun hizkuntzak: Guugu Yimithirr, Dyirbal, Gooniyandi, Arabana-Wangkangurru, Yagara eta Yugambeh. |
Mapetan / Map name |
Arabana-Wangkangurru |
Algebuckina |
Ariltyipaka |
Altarkuwa |
Altharka |
Anna Creek |
Wanyiwanyi |
Arabana |
Arabana |
Bicherinna |
Pityirri |
Burraburrina |
Parraparra |
Cooncherie |
Kuntyiri |
Coongie |
Kungki |
Cooreappa |
Kuriyapa |
Coward Springs |
Pitha-kalti-kalti |
Dalhousie |
Wityira |
Diamantina |
Marlupapu |
Erebena [putzua / waterhole] |
Aripanha |
Hookey's Waterhole [putzua / waterhole] |
Uthapuka |
Horseshoe Bend |
Ingkurdna |
Kunowana |
Kudnangawa |
Lake Eyre |
Katithanda |
Lloyd's Bore |
Pinthamarrarnda |
Mirrabuckina |
Mirripaka |
Mount Arthur |
Pakalta |
Mount Midlargunna |
Midlaraku |
Mount Robinson |
Yaltya-wati |
Mount Tidnabakina |
Thidnapakanha |
Mulga Creek |
Wardyiti / Wardyiti-karla |
Mungeranie |
Mangurani |
Nardiebuckina |
Ngardupaka |
Nilpinna |
Nhilpanha |
North Well |
Tharrityinityinha |
Peake |
Yardiya |
Pups Lagoon |
Mangu-miRaka |
Simpson Desert |
Mikiri |
Smithfield |
Medlarda |
Taranga [putzua / waterhole] |
Marni |
Tuppanna |
Thapa |
Wodmara Creek |
Wutmara |
Wood Duck Station |
Thundritha |
Wood Duck [putzua / waterhole] |
Thunthripa |
Mapetan / * Map name |
Guugu Yimithirr |
Battle Camp |
Balnggarr |
Cape Bedford |
Dhiidhaarr |
Cape Flattery |
Yuuru |
Cooktown |
Waymbuurr |
Hopevale |
Dyuubi |
Jeannie River |
Yalmba |
McIvor River (mouth) |
Gulaal / Ngaadha |
Stancke River (mouth) |
Munbarr / Mangaar |
GooniyandiSome 100 people still speak Gooniyandi in the Southern Kimberley region of Western Australia.
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GooniyandiEhun bat lagun mintzo da oraindik Gooniyandi hizkuntzan Kimberley eskualdearen hegoaldean, Mendebaldeko Australian. |
Mapetan / Map Name |
Gooniyandi |
Bulga Swamp |
Boolga |
Geikie Gorge |
Danggoo |
Gogo |
Bamathidi |
Mable Downs |
Mayibil Dawoon |
Mulurrja |
Moolooddja |
Pinnacles |
Ngumban |
Yiyili |
Yiyili |
Mapetan / Map name |
Dyirbal |
Cardwell |
Bala Milbirmi |
Hinchinbrook Channel |
Balan Milbirmi |
Tully |
Bala Dali |
Tully Falls |
Balan Gariya |
Tully River |
Balan Dabun |
Mapetan / Map name |
Yagara |
Brisbane |
Miangin |
Indooroopily |
Milbarpa |
Long Pocket |
Tuwong |
Mount Coottha |
Kuta |
Mount Gravatt |
Kaggar-Mabul |
New Form |
Binkinba |
Toowong |
Banera |
White's Hill |
Bulimba |
Mapetan / Map name |
Yugambeh |
Ballina |
Baluna |
Bird Island |
Mabinbila |
Coomera |
Kumar / Kamir-Kamir |
Garden Island |
Dandiba |
Land's End |
Warudhar |
Loder´s Creek |
Bigargah |
McIntosh Island |
Jiji |
McPherson Range |
Bangbang |
Mt Barney |
Baga-Bagah |
Mt Durigan |
Darigan |
Mt Ladybrook |
Kundulbunbi |
Mt Lindesay |
Jalgambuny |
Mt Maroon |
Munin |
Mt Stapylton |
Buginba |
Mt Tamborine |
Wangalbung |
Mt Warning |
Wulambiny |
Mud Island |
Bamgahmba |
Mudgeereba |
Madhirbah |
Nerang creek |
Ngunbih |
Nerang township |
Birbi |
Russell Island |
Kanaybah |
Turranba |
Diranybah |
Tweed River |
Kugay |
Ukerabagh Island |
Yugirbah |
Yabbra State Forest |
Yabara |
Mapak / Maps |
Mapak beste leiho batean irekiko zaizkizu. |
Aborigenen hizkuntzen kokapena Mendebaldeko
Australian (atalka)
Location of Aboriginal language in at least one part of Australia
(Western Australia), by sections.
Zure iritziak, zuzenketak,
gehikuntzak |
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