Maps of Dhalandji
Australia at the Time of Contact: Pama-Nyungan
Australia at Time of Contact: Pama-Nyungan
Source:
Data Source: Tryon, Darrell. 2007. Australia:Time of Contact. Atlas of the World's Languages, ed. by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley, 144-145. Oxford: Routledge.
"Australian: Composite 2011". MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships
Date Digitized: 30-06-2011
Map Description:
The largest language family in Australia is Pama-Nyungan. This map depicts Pama-Nyungan languages spoken in Australia at the time of contact, specifically calling attention to the Tangic, Karti, Wati and Yuulungu subgroups. Modern city names and locations are also included on this map, to contextualize the locations of the native languages.
This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Atlas of the World's Languages.
Other resources related to this project:
This folder (Australia and Austronesia: at Time of Contact) contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture.
Data Source: Tryon, Darrell. 2007. Australia:Time of Contact. Atlas of the World's Languages, ed. by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley, 144-145. Oxford: Routledge.
"Australian: Composite 2011". MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships
Date Digitized: 30-06-2011
Map Description:
The largest language family in Australia is Pama-Nyungan. This map depicts Pama-Nyungan languages spoken in Australia at the time of contact, specifically calling attention to the Tangic, Karti, Wati and Yuulungu subgroups. Modern city names and locations are also included on this map, to contextualize the locations of the native languages.
This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Atlas of the World's Languages.
Other resources related to this project:
This folder (Australia and Austronesia: at Time of Contact) contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture.
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process.
Australia: Aboriginal Languages with treatises on Grammar/Phonology (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Treatises on Grammar/Phonology
Source:
Oates, William J., and Lynette Frances Oates. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
Adapted from a basic classification prepared in 1966 by G.N. O'Grady, S.A. Wurm, and K.L. Hale; drawn by R.M. Watt for the Dept. of Linguistics, Univeristy of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
Data Source: Modified with information from the Multitree database.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Copyright Protected.
Date Digitized: 2009
Map Description:
This map shows the amount of grammar/phonology information that was available on aboriginal languages in Australia. This map is based on the map prepared by Oates and Oates and supplemented with information from the following source: "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six" by Geoffrey N. O'Grady and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin, as well as information from the Multitree database on language relationships.
Other resources related to this project:
Capell, A. "Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia," (1942). Oceania, XIII. 24-49.
O'Grady, Geoffrey N. and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. (1966). "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six," Anthropological Linguistics, 8:2, 1966.
Tindale, Norman B. (1940). Map of Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, Adelaide.
Adapted from a basic classification prepared in 1966 by G.N. O'Grady, S.A. Wurm, and K.L. Hale; drawn by R.M. Watt for the Dept. of Linguistics, Univeristy of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
Data Source: Modified with information from the Multitree database.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Copyright Protected.
Date Digitized: 2009
Map Description:
This map shows the amount of grammar/phonology information that was available on aboriginal languages in Australia. This map is based on the map prepared by Oates and Oates and supplemented with information from the following source: "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six" by Geoffrey N. O'Grady and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin, as well as information from the Multitree database on language relationships.
Other resources related to this project:
Capell, A. "Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia," (1942). Oceania, XIII. 24-49.
O'Grady, Geoffrey N. and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. (1966). "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six," Anthropological Linguistics, 8:2, 1966.
Tindale, Norman B. (1940). Map of Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, Adelaide.
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compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an
inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s)
to see the unaltered map(s).
Australia: Distribution of Bound-Form Pronouns (Dixon)
Distribution of Bound-Form Pronouns
Source: Dixon, R.M.W. (1980) "Map 9."The Languages of Australia. Ed. by Sidney Allen, W., B. Comrie, C.J. Fillmore, E.J.A. Henderson, F.W. Householder, R. Lass, J. Lyons, R.B. Le Page, F.R. Palmer, R. Posner and J.L.M. Trim. Cambridge University Press. 364.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Copyright protected.
Map Description:
This map shows the distribution of bound-form pronouns, a form which cannot occur alone, but must be attached to some other form (Dixon).
Other resources related to this project:
Refer to pages 477-533 within the source.
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Australia: Distribution of Contrasts and Laterals (Dixon)
Distribution of Laminal, Apical, and Dorsal Contrasts, and of Laterals
Source: Dixon, R.M.W. (1980) "Map 5." The Languages of Australia. Ed. by Sidney Allen, W., B. Comrie, C.J. Fillmore, E.J.A. Henderson, F.W. Householder, R. Lass, J. Lyons, R.B. Le Page, F.R. Palmer, R. Posner and J.L.M. Trim. Cambridge University Press. 141.
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Map Description:
This map illustrates the distribution of laminal, apical, and dorsal contrasts, and of laterals (Dixon).
Other resources related to this project:
Refer to pages 477-533 within the source.
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Australia: Language Families (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Families
Source: Oates, William J. and Lynette F. Oates, editors. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 12. Canberra: Australian Institute for Aboriginal Studies.
Adapted from a basic classification prepared in 1966 by G.N. O'Grady, S.A. Wurm, and K.L. Hale; drawn by R.M. Watt for the Dept. of Linguistics, Univeristy of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Copyright Protected.
Map Description:
This map shows the aboriginal language families in Australia based on the map prepared by Oates and Oates and supplemented with information from the following source: "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six" by Geoffrey N. O'Grady and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin.
Other LLMAP resources related to this project:
Capell, A. "Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia". 1942. Oceania, XIII. 24-49.
O'Grady, Geoffrey N. and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. 1966. "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six," Anthropological Linguistics, 8:2, 1966.
Tindale, Norman B. 1940. Map of Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, Adelaide.
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Groups (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Locations and Tribal Groups (Dixon and Blake)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Subgroups (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Languages and Dialects
Adapted from a basic classification prepared in 1966 by G.N. O'Grady, S.A. Wurm, and K.L. Hale; drawn by R.M. Watt for the Dept. of Linguistics, Univeristy of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Copyright Protected.
Map Description:
This map shows the aboriginal language families in Australia based on the map prepared by Oates and Oates and supplemented with information from the following source: "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six" by Geoffrey N. O'Grady and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin.
Other LLMAP resources related to this project:
Capell, A. "Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia". 1942. Oceania, XIII. 24-49.
O'Grady, Geoffrey N. and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. 1966. "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six," Anthropological Linguistics, 8:2, 1966.
Tindale, Norman B. 1940. Map of Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, Adelaide.
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Groups (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Locations and Tribal Groups (Dixon and Blake)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Subgroups (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Languages and Dialects
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Australia: Language Groups (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Groups
Source:
Oates, William J. and Lynette F. Oates, editors. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 12. Canberra: Australian Institute for Aboriginal Studies.
Adapted from a basic classification prepared in 1966 by G.N. O'Grady, S.A. Wurm, and K.L. Hale; drawn by R.M. Watt for the Dept. of Linguistics, Univeristy of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
Copyright Status: Copyright Protected.
Map Description:
This map shows the aboriginal language groups in Australia based on the map prepared by Oates and Oates and supplemented with information from the following source: "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six" by Geoffrey N. O'Grady and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin.
Other resources related to this project:
Capell, A. "Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia," (1942). Oceania, XIII. 24-49.
O'Grady, Geoffrey N. and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. (1966). "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six," Anthropological Linguistics, 8:2, 1966.
Tindale, Norman B. (1940). Map of Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, Adelaide.
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Families (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Locations and Tribal Groups (Dixon and Blake)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Subgroups (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Languages and Dialects
Adapted from a basic classification prepared in 1966 by G.N. O'Grady, S.A. Wurm, and K.L. Hale; drawn by R.M. Watt for the Dept. of Linguistics, Univeristy of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
Copyright Status: Copyright Protected.
Map Description:
This map shows the aboriginal language groups in Australia based on the map prepared by Oates and Oates and supplemented with information from the following source: "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six" by Geoffrey N. O'Grady and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin.
Other resources related to this project:
Capell, A. "Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia," (1942). Oceania, XIII. 24-49.
O'Grady, Geoffrey N. and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. (1966). "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six," Anthropological Linguistics, 8:2, 1966.
Tindale, Norman B. (1940). Map of Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, Adelaide.
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Families (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Locations and Tribal Groups (Dixon and Blake)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Subgroups (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Languages and Dialects
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s) to see the unaltered map(s).
Australia: Language Subgroups (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Subgroups
Source: Oates, William J. and Lynette F. Oates, editors. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 12. Canberra: Australian Institute for Aboriginal Studies.
Adapted from a basic classification prepared in 1966 by G.N. O'Grady, S.A. Wurm, and K.L. Hale; drawn by R.M. Watt for the Dept. of Linguistics, Univeristy of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Copyright Protected.
Map Description:
This map shows the aboriginal language subgroups in Australia based on the map prepared by Oates and Oates and supplemented with information from the following source: "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six" by Geoffrey N. O'Grady and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin.
Other LLMAP resources related to this project:
Capell, A. "Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia". 1942. Oceania, XIII. 24-49.
O'Grady, Geoffrey N. and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. 1966. "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six," Anthropological Linguistics, 8:2, 1966.
Tindale, Norman B. 1940. Map of Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, Adelaide.
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Families (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Groups (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Locations and Tribal Groups (Dixon and Blake)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Languages and Dialects
Adapted from a basic classification prepared in 1966 by G.N. O'Grady, S.A. Wurm, and K.L. Hale; drawn by R.M. Watt for the Dept. of Linguistics, Univeristy of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Copyright Protected.
Map Description:
This map shows the aboriginal language subgroups in Australia based on the map prepared by Oates and Oates and supplemented with information from the following source: "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six" by Geoffrey N. O'Grady and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin.
Other LLMAP resources related to this project:
Capell, A. "Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia". 1942. Oceania, XIII. 24-49.
O'Grady, Geoffrey N. and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. 1966. "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six," Anthropological Linguistics, 8:2, 1966.
Tindale, Norman B. 1940. Map of Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, Adelaide.
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Families (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Groups (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Locations and Tribal Groups (Dixon and Blake)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Languages and Dialects
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Australia: Languages and Dialects (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Languages and Dialect Areas
Source: Oates, William J. and Lynette F. Oates, editors. 1970. A revised linguistic survey of Australia. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 12. Canberra: Australian Institute for Aboriginal Studies.
Adapted from a basic classification prepared in 1966 by G.N. O'Grady, S.A. Wurm, and K.L. Hale; drawn by R.M. Watt for the Dept. of Linguistics, Univeristy of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
Usage Notes/CopyrightStatus: Copyright Protected.
Date Digitized: 1970
Map Description:
This map displays the aboriginal languages and dialects inAustralia based on the map prepared by Oates and Oates andsupplemented with information from the following source: "Languagesof the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six" by Geoffrey N. O'Grady andC.F. and F.M. Voegelin.
Other resources related to this project:
Capell, A. "Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia,"(1942). Oceania, XIII. 24-49.
O'Grady, Geoffrey N. and C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. (1966)."Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six," Anthropological Linguistics, 8:2, 1966.
Tindale, Norman B. (1940). Map of Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, Adelaide.
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Families (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Groups (Oates and Oates)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Locations and Tribal Groups (Dixon and Blake)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Language Subgroups (Oates and Oates)
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Australia: Major Classifications of Australian Languages (Dixon)
Major Classifications of Australian Languages
Map Creators:
R.M.W. Dixon; drawn by Val Lyon
Source: Dixon, R.M.W. (1980) "Map 3."The Languages of Australia. Ed. by Sidney Allen, W., B. Comrie, C.J. Fillmore, E.J.A. Henderson, F.W. Householder, R. Lass, J. Lyons, R.B. Le Page, F.R. Palmer, R. Posner and J.L.M. Trim. Cambridge University Press. 20.
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Map Description:
This map shows the major classifications of Australian languages outlined by Schmidt (1919) and later by Hale (1961). It also illustrates Capell’s division between prefixing and non-prefixing languages (Dixon).
Other resources related to this project:
Refer to pages 477-533 within the source.
Source: Dixon, R.M.W. (1980) "Map 3."The Languages of Australia. Ed. by Sidney Allen, W., B. Comrie, C.J. Fillmore, E.J.A. Henderson, F.W. Householder, R. Lass, J. Lyons, R.B. Le Page, F.R. Palmer, R. Posner and J.L.M. Trim. Cambridge University Press. 20.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Copyright protected.
Map Description:
This map shows the major classifications of Australian languages outlined by Schmidt (1919) and later by Hale (1961). It also illustrates Capell’s division between prefixing and non-prefixing languages (Dixon).
Other resources related to this project:
Refer to pages 477-533 within the source.
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s) to see the unaltered map(s).
Australia: Northwest Region
Languages in the Northwest Region, Australia
Data Sources:
AIATSIS. 2000. Aboriginal Australia map. Australian Surveying and Land Information Group.
Horton, David. 1994. The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.)
MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships
Copyright Notice: AIATSIS
Date Downloaded: 2009
Map Description:
This map shows languages in the Northwest region in Australia. This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database, Horton (1994) and AIATSIS (2000).
Other LLMAP resources related to this project:
All maps in this folder share data sources, and each maps shows a region in Australia. The regions were defined by using watershed basins (a basin is a drainage area geographically clearly separated from other basins) as a template, and then superimposing all the groups on that base and determining where such factors as culture, language and trade indicated the there were relationships between groups. (AIATSIS 2000)
AIATSIS. 2000. Aboriginal Australia map. Australian Surveying and Land Information Group.
Horton, David. 1994. The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.)
MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships
Copyright Notice: AIATSIS
Date Downloaded: 2009
Map Description:
This map shows languages in the Northwest region in Australia. This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database, Horton (1994) and AIATSIS (2000).
Other LLMAP resources related to this project:
All maps in this folder share data sources, and each maps shows a region in Australia. The regions were defined by using watershed basins (a basin is a drainage area geographically clearly separated from other basins) as a template, and then superimposing all the groups on that base and determining where such factors as culture, language and trade indicated the there were relationships between groups. (AIATSIS 2000)
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The UNESCO Database of Endangered Languages (UNESCO)
The UNESCO Database of Endangered Languages
Map Creator:
LINGUIST List (Anthony Aristar)
Data Source: Mosely Christopher. 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. Paris, UNESCO Publishing, Online version. http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/ (29 November 2010)
Contact: llmaplinguistlist.org
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Used by Permission
Date Created: 29 November 2010
Map Description:
UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger is a database intended to raise awareness about language endangerment and the need to safeguard the world’s linguistic diversity among policy-makers, speaker communities and the general public, and to be a tool to monitor the status of endangered languages and the trends in linguistic diversity at the global level.
Degrees of endangerment
The map designates the degrees of endangerment as based on UNESCO’s Language Vitality and Endangerment framework.
This establishes six degrees of vitality/endangerment based on nine factors. Of these factors, the most salient is that of intergenerational transmission.
Data Source: Mosely Christopher. 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. Paris, UNESCO Publishing, Online version. http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/ (29 November 2010)
Contact: llmap
linguistlist.org
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Used by Permission
Date Created: 29 November 2010
Map Description:
UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger is a database intended to raise awareness about language endangerment and the need to safeguard the world’s linguistic diversity among policy-makers, speaker communities and the general public, and to be a tool to monitor the status of endangered languages and the trends in linguistic diversity at the global level.
Degrees of endangerment
The map designates the degrees of endangerment as based on UNESCO’s Language Vitality and Endangerment framework.
This establishes six degrees of vitality/endangerment based on nine factors. Of these factors, the most salient is that of intergenerational transmission.
| Degree of endangerment | Intergenerational Language Transmission | safe | language is spoken by all generations; intergenerational transmission is uninterrupted >> not included in the map |
|---|---|
| vulnerable | most children speak the language, but it may be restricted to certain domains (e.g., home) |
| definitely endangered | children no longer learn the language as mother tongue in the home |
| severely endangered | language is spoken by grandparents and older generations; while the parent generation may understand it, they do not speak it to children or among themselves |
| critically endangered | the youngest speakers are grandparents and older, and they speak the language partially and infrequently |
| extinct | there are no speakers left >> included in the Atlas if presumably extinct since the 1950s |
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