Yindjilandji

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

Language

The 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.

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.

Alternative names

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

Source: Tindale 1974, p. 226

Sources

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