Nungali

The Nungali, otherwise known as the Ilngali (Jilngari, Yilngari),^[1] are an Indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Name

The name Nungali, now adopted as the general term, differs from the other ethnonym for these people only in having a prefix attached to it.^[1]

Language

Nungali is distantly related to Jaminjung and like the latter is one of the non Pama-Nyungan tongues, usually classified as one of the Djamindjungan/Yirram family of languages. It is thought to be virtually extinct.^[2]

Country

Traditional Nungali territory covered approximately 500 square miles (1,300 km²) north of Fitzmaurice River on headwaters of Fish River.^[3]

Alternative names

• Ilngali
• Jilngali^[1]

Notes

Citations

1. Tindale 1974, p. 227.
2. Schultze-Berndt 2006, p. 64.
3. Tindale 1974.

Sources

• Schultze-Berndt, Eva (2006). "Sketch of a Jaminjung grammar of space". In Levinson, Stephen C.; Wilkins, David P. (eds.). Grammars of Space: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity. Cambridge University Press. pp. 63–114. ISBN 978-1-139-45839-9.
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Jilngali (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.