Gooniyandi

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Contents 1 Name 2 Location 3 Speakers 4 Classification 5 References 6 Works on the language

[edit] Name

The name form Gooniyandi is now preferred because this is how the language name is written in the spelling used by the speakers (McGregor 1990:18).

Alternative names are

• Guniyan, Gunian
• Kuniyanti, Guniyandi, Guniandi

[edit] Location

Gooniyandi is spoken near or in Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia.

[edit] Speakers

In the 1980s, there were about 100 speakers (McGregor 1990:23). The language is not being passed on to children, and is hardly used by the older speakers, who prefer Fitzroy Crossing Creole (Park 2006).

[edit] Classification

• Australian

• Bunuban

[edit] References

• McGregor, William. 1990. A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
• Park, Kyung-An. 2006. (Personal observation)

[edit] Works on the language

• McGregor, William. 1990. A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
• McGregor, William. 1992b. Clause Types in Gooniyandi. Language Sciences 14: 355-384.
• McGregor, William. 1999. Gooniyandi. In Nick Thieberger and William McGregor, eds., Macquarie Aboriginal Words: A Dictionary of Words from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages, pp. 193-213. New South Wales, Australia: The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd.