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ALSO KNOWN AS		Alinjera, Ankundjara, 'Everard Range Tribe', Janggundjara, Jangkundjadjara, Jangkundjara, Jangundjara, Jangwundjara, Jan-kundjadjara, Jan-kundjindjara, Jankuntjatara, Jankunzazara, Jankunzazzara, Kaltjilandjara, Nan-kundjara, Wirtjapakandja, Wirtjapokandja, Yangundjadjara, Yankunjara, Yankunjtjatjarra, Yankuntatjara, Kulpantja, Yankuntjatjara
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Wati
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kdd
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Information from: “Some tentative remarks on the sociolinguistic vitality of Yankunytjatjara in Coober Pedy, South Australia” (103-138) . Petter Naessan (2008) Routledge

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50-70
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
Children
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"‘Yankunytjatjara’ is not really considered by Anangu to be one group with one common purpose, rather, several small family groups seem to combine into loose alliances."

DATE OF INFO: 1999

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"I have actually suggested by implication that the use of Yankunytjatjara in these media is next to nothing, but in the absence of more or less longitudinal and consistent data collection and analysis concerning media, I have somewhat cautiously assumed the possibility of some Yankunytjatjara being used in some of these media."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Positive

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Government is indifferent

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Only one school has literacy program for the language

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Pitjantjatjara; English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The situation in Coober Pedy among many non-Indigenous locals seems to be that both Yankunytjatjara and other Indigenous languages are ignored and considered irrelevant, rather than being actively suppressed."

More on Orthography

[Naessan mentions a dictionary for Yankunytjatjara but he doesn't mention what orthography and writing system is used.]

PLACES: Coober Pedy, Port Lincoln, Port Augusta, Adelaide

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Coober Pedy is the main location for Yankunytjatjara speakers, but it is also spoken Port Lincoln, Port Augusta, and Adelaide"

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
73
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: 1996 census

DATE OF INFO: 1996

PLACES: Australia;

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

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

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200-300
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1985

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70
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.		200-300	1985	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	73	1996	10-99	Speaker number data: 1996 census									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.																					-27.26048662,131.9855272
					Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database						AIATSIS			Canberra			http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	70		10-99										Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
0726-8602 (Print), 1469-2996 (Online)	October		2	2008	Some tentative remarks on the sociolinguistic vitality of Yankunytjatjara in Coober Pedy, South Australia		103-138			Print and Online	Routledge	Australian Journal of Linguistics	28			University of Adelaide	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07268600802308741	Petter Naessan	Naessan, Petter. 2008. "Some Tentative Remarks On the Sociolinguistic Vitality of Yankunytjatjara in Coober Pedy, South Australia." In Australian Journal of Linguistics, 28: 103-138. Routledge. Online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07268600802308741.		50-70	1999	10-99	"‘Yankunytjatjara’ is not really considered by Anangu to be one group with one common purpose, rather, several small family groups seem to combine into loose alliances."	Children	English is dominant and is used publically and in government	Pitjantjatjara; English	Government is indifferent	Positive	"The situation in Coober Pedy among many non-Indigenous locals seems to be that both Yankunytjatjara and other Indigenous languages are ignored and considered irrelevant, rather than being actively suppressed."	Only one school has literacy program for the language	Almost all	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"I have actually suggested by implication that the use of Yankunytjatjara in these media is next to nothing, but in the absence of more or less longitudinal and consistent data collection and analysis concerning media, I have somewhat cautiously assumed the possibility of some Yankunytjatjara being used in some of these media."	14	15	"Coober Pedy is the main location for Yankunytjatjara speakers, but it is also spoken Port Lincoln, Port Augusta, and Adelaide"	Coober Pedy, Port Lincoln, Port Augusta, Adelaide
		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	70		10-99										Severely 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)
			1	2010	Central Australian Endangered Languages: So what?		78-86					Dialogue	29					Josephine Caffery	Caffery, Josephine. 2010. "Central Australian Endangered Languages: So What?" In Dialogue, 29: 78-86.		70		10-99										Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Yankunytjatjara

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50-70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

73

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200-300

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Discussion

Yankunytjatjara

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50-70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

73

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200-300

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

70

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