Djinba people explained

The Djinba are an Aboriginal Australian group of the Yolngu people of the Northern Territory.

Name

Their endonym Djinba comes from their word for the demonstrative pronoun "this".The two moieties are Ganalbingu (Ganhalpuyngu) and Mandjalpingu (Manydjalpuyngu).^[1]

Language

Djinba is one of the Yolŋu languages, and its closest relationship is to Djinang with which it is about 60% cognate.

Country

The Djinba were inlanders whose territory has been estimated to extend over some 1200mi2, running south from the Arafura Swamp's northern margin to the upper Goyder River. The Djinang lie to their north-west, the Rembarrnga directly west, while to their south were the Ngandi and Diakui people (Ritharrngu) tribes.

Social organisation

Norman Tindale claimed that the Djinba were the most northerly tribe in eastern Arnhem Land to retain the standard Australian tribal structure, meaning they were divided into Dua and Jiritja clans.

Alternative names

• Jinba
• Outjanbah

Notable people

• David Gulpilil

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Metaphor and the Metalanguage: "Groups" in Northeast Arnhem Land . Keen . Ian . . 22 . 3 . 502–527 . August 1995 . 645969 . 10.1525/ae.1995.22.3.02a00030.
• The Tree Dwellers of the Arafura Swamps: A New Type of Bark Canoe from CentralArnhem Land . Thomson . Donald F. . Donald F. Thomson . . 39 . 121–126 . August 1939 . 10.2307/2793391 . 2793391 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Djinba (NT) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/djinba.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/djinba.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .
• Morphology and Functions of the Australian Murngin Type of Kinship . Warner . William Lloyd . William Lloyd Warner . . 32 . 2 . 207–256 . April 1930 . 661305 . 10.1525/aa.1930.32.2.02a00010.
• Morphology and Functions of the Australian Murngin Type of Kinship (Part II) . Warner . William Lloyd . William Lloyd Warner . . 33 . 2 . 172–198 . April–June 1931 . 660835 . 10.1525/aa.1931.33.2.02a00030.
• Book: Waters, Bruce E. . Djinang and Djinba - A Grammatical and Historical Perspective . 1989 . . 085883-392-1 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Dixon, R. M. W. . R. M. W. Dixon

   . R. M. W. Dixon . Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development . Cambridge University Press . 2002 . xxxvi.