The land territory associated with the Umpila language group is located along the northeastern coast of Cape York Peninsula and stretches from the northern end of Temple Bay south to the Massey Creek region at the top of Princess Charlotte Bay, and west of the Great Dividing Range towards the township of Coen. Most of the remaining Umpila and Kuuku Ya'u speakers reside in Lockhart River Aboriginal Community, which is located at Lloyd Bay, roughly at the boundary between Umpila and Kuuku Ya'u lands.
Varietiesedit
The chief varieties of Umpila, variously considered dialects or distinct languages, are:
Typologically, Umpila is an agglutinative, suffixing, dependent-marking language, with a preference for Subject-Object-Verb constituent order. Grammatical relations are indicated by a split ergative case system: nominal inflections are ergative/absolutive, pronominals are nominative/accusative. Features of note include: historical dropping of initial consonants, complex verbal reduplication expressing progressivity and habitual aspect, 'optional' ergative marking.[7]
Chase, A. K. 1979. Cultural Continuity: Land and Resources among East Cape York Aborigines. In Stevens, N. C. and Bailey, A. (eds). Contemporary Cape York Peninsula. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
Chase, A. K. 1980. Which way now? Tradition, continuity and change in a north Queensland Aboriginal Community. Unpublished PhD thesis. Brisbane: University of Queensland.
Chase, A. K. 1984. Belonging to Country: Territory, Identity and Environment in Cape York Peninsula, Northern Australia. In L.R. Hiatt (ed) Aboriginal Landowners: Contemporary issues in the determination of traditional Aboriginal land ownership. Sydney: Sydney University Press.
Rigsby, B. and Chase, A. 1998. The Sandbeach People and Dugong Hunters of Eastern Cape York Peninsula: property in Land and Sea Country. Rigsby, B and Peterson, N. (eds) Customary Marine Tenure in Australia. Sydney. Oceania 48:192-218.
Thompson, D. A. 1976. A Phonology of Kuuku-Ya'u. In Sutton, P. (ed.), Languages of Cape York, 213-235. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
Thompson, D. 1988. Lockhart River ‘Sand Beach’ Language: An Outline of Kuuku Ya'u and Umpila. Darwin: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Thomson, D. F. 1933. The Hero Cult, Initiation Totemism on Cape York. Royal Anthropological Institute Journal 63: 453-537.
Thomson, D. F. 1934. Notes on a Hero Cult from the Gulf of Carpentaria, North Queensland. Royal Anthropological Institute Journal 64: 217-262.
^ abcO’Grady, G.N. “Wadjuk and Umpila: A Long-Short Approach to Pama-Nyungan.” In Studies in Comparative Pama-Nyungan, edited by G.N. O’Grady and D.T. Tyron. Pacific Linguistics Series C 111, 1990.
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Umpila is an Aboriginal Australian language or dialect cluster of the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland It is spoken by about 100 Aboriginal people many of them elderly 4 UmpilaNortheastern PamanNative toAustraliaRegionCape York Peninsula QueenslandEthnicityUmpila Pakadji Kaantju Uutaalnganu Kawadji Native speakers12 2005 1 Language familyPama Nyungan PamanNorth Cape YorkUmpilaSigned formsUmpila Sign LanguageLanguage codesISO 639 3Variously a href https iso639 3 sil org code kbe class extiw title iso639 3 kbe kbe a Kanju a href https iso639 3 sil org code kuy class extiw title iso639 3 kuy kuy a Kuuku Yaʼu a href https iso639 3 sil org code ump class extiw title iso639 3 ump ump a UmpilaGlottolognort2759AIATSIS 1 Y45 Umpila Y211 Uutaalnganu Y169 Kuuku IʼyuELPUmpila Kuuku Ya u 2 Kaanju 3 Umpila is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World s Languages in DangerThis article contains IPA phonetic symbols Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of Unicode characters For an introductory guide on IPA symbols see Help IPA Contents 1 Geographic distribution 2 Varieties 3 Phonology 4 Grammar 5 Sign language 6 See also 7 Bibliography 8 ReferencesGeographic distribution editThe land territory associated with the Umpila language group is located along the northeastern coast of Cape York Peninsula and stretches from the northern end of Temple Bay south to the Massey Creek region at the top of Princess Charlotte Bay and west of the Great Dividing Range towards the township of Coen Most of the remaining Umpila and Kuuku Ya u speakers reside in Lockhart River Aboriginal Community which is located at Lloyd Bay roughly at the boundary between Umpila and Kuuku Ya u lands Varieties editThe chief varieties of Umpila variously considered dialects or distinct languages are Umpila proper Kanju Kandju Kaantyu Gandju Gandanju Kamdhue Kandyu Kanyu Karnu also Jabuda Neogulada Yaldiye Ho Kuuku Yaʼu Yaʼo Koko Jaʼo Kokoyao also Bagadji Pakadji Kuuku Yani extinct Uutaalnganu extinct Kuuku Iʼyu extinct Phonology editConsonant inventory 5 6 Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar GlottalPlosive p t t c k ʔNasal m n n ɲ ŋLateral lRhotic rApproximant ɻ j w c may also be pronounced as ɟ 5 Vowel inventory 5 Front BackHigh i iː u uːLow a aːGrammar editTypologically Umpila is an agglutinative suffixing dependent marking language with a preference for Subject Object Verb constituent order Grammatical relations are indicated by a split ergative case system nominal inflections are ergative absolutive pronominals are nominative accusative Features of note include historical dropping of initial consonants complex verbal reduplication expressing progressivity and habitual aspect optional ergative marking 7 Sign language editMain article Australian Aboriginal sign languages The Umpila have or had a well developed signed form of their language 8 It is one of the primary components of Far North Queensland Indigenous Sign Language See also editAvoidance speechBibliography editChase A K 1979 Cultural Continuity Land and Resources among East Cape York Aborigines In Stevens N C and Bailey A eds Contemporary Cape York Peninsula Canberra Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Chase A K 1980 Which way now Tradition continuity and change in a north Queensland Aboriginal Community Unpublished PhD thesis Brisbane University of Queensland Chase A K 1984 Belonging to Country Territory Identity and Environment in Cape York Peninsula Northern Australia In L R Hiatt ed Aboriginal Landowners Contemporary issues in the determination of traditional Aboriginal land ownership Sydney Sydney University Press Rigsby B and Chase A 1998 The Sandbeach People and Dugong Hunters of Eastern Cape York Peninsula property in Land and Sea Country Rigsby B and Peterson N eds Customary Marine Tenure in Australia Sydney Oceania 48 192 218 Thompson D A 1976 A Phonology of Kuuku Ya u In Sutton P ed Languages of Cape York 213 235 Canberra Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Thompson D 1988 Lockhart River Sand Beach Language An Outline of Kuuku Ya u and Umpila Darwin Summer Institute of Linguistics Thomson D F 1933 The Hero Cult Initiation Totemism on Cape York Royal Anthropological Institute Journal 63 453 537 Thomson D F 1934 Notes on a Hero Cult from the Gulf of Carpentaria North Queensland Royal Anthropological Institute Journal 64 217 262 References edit a b Y45 Umpila at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies see the info box for additional links Endangered Languages Project data for Kuuku Ya u Endangered Languages Project data for Kaanju Umpila Retrieved 4 August 2015 a b c O Grady G N Wadjuk and Umpila A Long Short Approach to Pama Nyungan In Studies in Comparative Pama Nyungan edited by G N O Grady and D T Tyron Pacific Linguistics Series C 111 1990 Thompson 1976 pp 61 67harvp error no target CITEREFThompson1976 help Umpila Language and Cognition Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics www mpi nl Retrieved 4 August 2015 Kendon A 1988 Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia Cultural Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives Cambridge Cambridge University Press nbsp This Australian Aboriginal languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Umpila language amp oldid 1182696227, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
