Emmiyangal
The Emmiyangal, also known as the Amijangal, are an
Language
Emmi is one of the Marranj languages of the Western Daly family once widely spoken on the coast of Anson Bay southwest of Darwin. It may be mutually intelligible with Patjtjamalh.[1]
The leading authority on the Emmiyangal, Lysbeth Ford, estimated in the late 90s that Emmi had approximately two dozen speakers.[2] In 2003 Barbara Grimes set the figure at around 30.[1]
Country
The Emmiyangal are an Anson Bay people. Norman Tindale calculated their tribal lands at around 100 square miles (260 km2). More precisely Bill Stranner located the Emmiyangal on the coastal area running south[a] where the Daly River, flows into the Timor Sea, and as far as the vicinity of about Red Cliff.[3] Emmiyangal tradition places them between Banagaya and Mabulhuk (Cape Ford).[2]
People
The Emmiyangal were once thought to be closely related to the
Alternative names
- Ami.
- Ame.[3]
Notes
- ^ Arthur Capell however placed them on the north of the Daly,[3]
Citations
Sources
- Ford, Lysbeth Julie (1998). A description of the Emmi language of the Northern Territory of Australia (PDF). ANU Phd.
- Grimes, Barbara Dix (2003). "Daly Languages". In Frawley, William (ed.). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: AAVE-Esperanto. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-195-13977-8.
- Marett, Allan; Barwick, Linda; Ford, Lysbeth Julie (2013). For the Sake of a Song: Wangga Songmen and Their Repertories. ISBN 978-1-920-89975-2.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Amijangal (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.