Djinba people
The Djinba are an
Aboriginal Australian group of the Yolngu people of the Northern Territory
.
Name
Their
endonym Djinba comes from their word for the demonstrative pronoun 'this'.[1]
The two moieties are (a) Ganalbingu (Ganhalpuyngu) and (b) Mandjalpingu (Manydjalpuyngu).[2]
Language
Djinba is one of the Yolŋu languages, and its closest relationship is to Djinang with which it is about 60% cognate.[3]
Country
The Djinba were inlanders whose territory has been estimated to extend over some 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2), running south from the
Diakui people
(Ritharrngu) tribes.
Social organisation
Norman Tindale claimed that the Djinba were the most northerly tribe in eastern Arnhem Land to retain the standard Australian tribal structure, meaning they were divided into Dua and Jiritja clans.[1]
Alternative names
- Jinba.
- Outjanbah.[1]
Notable people
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d Tindale 1974, p. 224.
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxvi.
- ^ Waters 1989, p. xiv.
Sources
- Keen, Ian (August 1995). "Metaphor and the Metalanguage: "Groups" in Northeast Arnhem Land". JSTOR 645969.
- JSTOR 2793391.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
- JSTOR 661305.
- JSTOR 660835.
- Waters, Bruce E. (1989). Djinang and Djinba - A Grammatical and Historical Perspective (PDF). ISBN 085883-392-1.