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The Guŋgañji, also transcribed Gungganyji, Gunggandji, Kongkandji, and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Language

The Guŋgañji speak Gungay, a dialect of the Yidiny language. [1]

Country

Norman Tindale's estimate of Guŋgañji lands sets them at 390 square kilometres (150 sq mi). They are rainforest people, living around the Cape Grafton peninsula, west of the Prior Range, and their southern extension runs down to Palmer Point (Wararitji) and the mouth of Mulgrave River. [2]

Alternative names

  • Kunggandji, Kunggandyi
  • Kungganji, Kungandji, Koongangie
  • Goonganji, Goonganjee
  • Gunggay
  • Kooganji
  • Koo-gun-ji [2]
  • Gurugulu

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ Dixon 2015, p. 11.
  2. ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 177.

Sources

  • "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. ISBN  978-1-108-02504-1.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. (2015). Edible Gender, Mother-in-law Style, and Other Grammatical Wonders: Studies in Dyirbal, Yidiñ, and Warrgamay. Oxford University Press. ISBN  978-0-198-70290-0.
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kongkandji (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN  978-0-708-10741-6. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Guŋgañji, also transcribed Gungganyji, Gunggandji, Kongkandji, and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Language

The Guŋgañji speak Gungay, a dialect of the Yidiny language. [1]

Country

Norman Tindale's estimate of Guŋgañji lands sets them at 390 square kilometres (150 sq mi). They are rainforest people, living around the Cape Grafton peninsula, west of the Prior Range, and their southern extension runs down to Palmer Point (Wararitji) and the mouth of Mulgrave River. [2]

Alternative names

  • Kunggandji, Kunggandyi
  • Kungganji, Kungandji, Koongangie
  • Goonganji, Goonganjee
  • Gunggay
  • Kooganji
  • Koo-gun-ji [2]
  • Gurugulu

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ Dixon 2015, p. 11.
  2. ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 177.

Sources

  • "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. ISBN  978-1-108-02504-1.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. (2015). Edible Gender, Mother-in-law Style, and Other Grammatical Wonders: Studies in Dyirbal, Yidiñ, and Warrgamay. Oxford University Press. ISBN  978-0-198-70290-0.
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kongkandji (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN  978-0-708-10741-6. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

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