The Yankunytjatjara people, also written Yankuntjatjarra, Jangkundjara, and other variants, are an
Aboriginal Australian people of the state of
South Australia.
According to the estimation of
Norman Tindale, the Yankunytjatjara's tribal lands covered approximately 22,000 square miles (57,000 km2). These lands took in the areas of the
Musgrave Ranges, with their eastern frontier around the
Everard Ranges.[1]
Social organisation
Yankunytjatjara
kinship terminology shares many common terms with the words for kinship in the
Pintupi and
Pitjantjatjara dialects.[2]
The Yankunytjatjara people, also written Yankuntjatjarra, Jangkundjara, and other variants, are an
Aboriginal Australian people of the state of
South Australia.
According to the estimation of
Norman Tindale, the Yankunytjatjara's tribal lands covered approximately 22,000 square miles (57,000 km2). These lands took in the areas of the
Musgrave Ranges, with their eastern frontier around the
Everard Ranges.[1]
Social organisation
Yankunytjatjara
kinship terminology shares many common terms with the words for kinship in the
Pintupi and
Pitjantjatjara dialects.[2]