Yindjilandji

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The Yindjilandji are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Language

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Yindjilandji language is usually grouped as one of the Ngarna languages, and considered a southern variety, and either a dialect of Wagawa if not an independent language.[1]

Country

In Norman Tindale's guesstimate, the Yindjilandji ranged over roughly 8,200 square miles (21,000 km2) of tribal land. They were a Barkly Tableland people, occupying the area about Buchanan Creek and Ranken River, with a western limits toward Dalmore and Alroy Downs. Eastwards their terrain extended over the border with Queensland close to the headwaters of the Gregory River and Lawn Hill Creek.[2]

Alternative names

  • Bularnu
  • Dhidhanu[3]
  • Inchalachee, Inchalanchee
  • Indjilandji, Indjilindji
  • Indjurandji
  • Indkilindji. (? typo)
  • Injilinji
  • Intjilatja. (
    exonym
    )

Source: Tindale 1974, p. 226

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ Dixon 2002, p. xxxix.
  2. ^ Tindale 1974, p. 226.
  3. ^ Ethnologue.

Sources

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  • Yallop, C. L. (1969). "The Aljawara and Their Territory". .
  • "Yindjilandji". Ethnologue. SIL International.