Madjandji

The Madjandji, also known as the Majañji,[1] are an indigenous Australian people in the area south of Cairns in the state of Queensland.

Language

The Madjandji spoke Madjay, now classified as a dialect of Yidiny.

Country

The Madjandji were rain-forest dwellers, inhabiting a small territory, estimated by Norman Tindale at some 150 square miles (390 km2), in the area north of the mouth of the Russell River. Their inland extension to the west lay at Babinda. Their northern limits approached Deeral. The Madjandji had close ties to the Wanjuru people to their south.

Alternative names
  • Matjai. (language name)
  • Matjandji.
  • Madyay (?)
  • Mooka.[2]

Notes

    Citations
    1. Dixon 2015, p. 11.
    2. Tindale 1974, p. 179.

    Sources
    • "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
    • Dixon, R. M. W. (1991). Words of Our Country: Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal language of the Cairns-Yarrabah region (PDF). University of Queensland Press. ISBN 0 7022 2360 3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Dixon, R. M. W. (2015). Edible Gender, Mother-in-law Style, and Other Grammatical Wonders: Studies in Dyirbal, Yidiñ, and Warrgamay. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-198-70290-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Madjandji (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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