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Yanga people

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The Yanga people, also spelt Jangaa, Janggal, Janga, and Yangaa, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. They may be the same as the Yukulta / Ganggalida / Nyangga group. [1] They are not to be confused with the Yangga.

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Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Yanga occupied about 9,800 square kilometres (3,800 mi2) of territory. Their western limits were at Glenora. Starting from the headwaters of the Gilbert River, these lands extended south of Forsayth as far as Gilberton and the Gregory Range. Their eastern boundary lay near Oak Park, Percyville, and the headwaters of the Copperfield River. [2]

Language

The Yanga people spoke the Yanga language, which is mutually intelligible with Mbara. Yanga may be the same as the same language as Ganggalida/Yukulta. [1]

Social organisation

According to Tindale, the Yanga were divided into kin groups, of which one at least is known:

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Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Y131 Yanga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    2. 1 2 3 Tindale 1974, p. 170.

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