Tenma people explained

The Tenma or Thiin were an Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. They spoke the Tenma language.

Language

The Thiin spoke one of four dialects of Mantharta, the other members of the dialect continuum being the Warriyangka, Djiwarli and Tharrkari.

Country

The Tenma were a small tribe located around the head of the Henry River, the Barlee Range and the Frederick River. Norman Tindale assigned them an estimated 2300mi2 of traditional tribal land.

Alternative names

• Te:n
• Teen

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Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Book: Austin, Peter . A Grammar of the Mantharta Languages, Western Australia . 2015 . Peter Austin (linguist) . .
• Web site: Tindale Tribal Boundaries . . September 2016 . .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Tenma (WA) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/tenma.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/tenma.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6.