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Njakinjaki
Indigenous people of Western Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Njakinjaki (Nyaki Nyaki) are an indigenous Noongar people of southern Western Australia, in the Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions.
Country
Njakinjaki traditional territory embraced some 12,000 square miles (31,000 km2) of land. They were east of Lake Grace, at Newdegate, Mount Stirling, Bruce Rock, Kellerberrin, and Merredin. Their western frontier was through to Jitarning. Their southern reaches went as far as Lake King, and Mount Madden. The eastern boundaries ran along the area close to Lake Hope and Mount Holland.[1]
Language
The Njakinjaki language has been said to be a dialect of Noongar or of Kalaamaya.[4]
Some words
- mamon (father)
- knockan (mother)
- dooda (tame dog)
- yokkine (wild dog)
- koolongnop (baby)
- jennok (white man)[5]
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