Gungganyji
TheGuŋgañji,also transcribedGungganyji,Gunggandji,Kongkandji,and other variations, are anAboriginal Australianpeople of the state ofQueensland.
Language
[edit]The Guŋgañji speak Gungay, a dialect of theYidiny language.[1]
Country
[edit]Norman Tindale's estimate of Guŋgañji lands sets them at 390 square kilometres (150 sq mi). They arerainforestpeople, living around theCape Grafton peninsula,west of the Prior Range, and their southern extension runs down to Palmer Point (Wararitji) and the mouth ofMulgrave River.[2]
Alternative names
[edit]- Kunggandji, Kunggandyi
- Kungganji, Kungandji, Koongangie
- Goonganji, Goonganjee
- Gunggay
- Kooganji
- Koo-gun-ji[2]
- Gurugulu
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^Dixon 2015,p. 11.
- ^abTindale 1974,p. 177.
Sources
[edit]- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia".AIATSIS.14 May 2024.
- Dixon, R. M. W.(2011).Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker.Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-1-108-02504-1.
- Dixon, R. M. W.(2015).Edible Gender, Mother-in-law Style, and Other Grammatical Wonders: Studies in Dyirbal, Yidiñ, and Warrgamay.Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-198-70290-0.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Kongkandji (QLD)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University.ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.Archived fromthe originalon 3 February 2018.Retrieved2 February2018.