Tjungundji
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TJUNGUNDJI LIVING LIBRARY
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According to Norman Tindale, the Tjungundji—also recorded under variant names such as Tjongkandji, Tyongandyi, Chongandji, Tjongangi, Joonkoonjee, Joongoonjie, Chunkunji, Chinganji, and Ngucrand (the latter possibly a horde designation)—were identified as a “Mapoon tribe.” Their territory covered approximately 400 square kilometres inland from Cullen Point, known in their own language (as transcribed by Walter Roth) as Tratha-m-ballayallyana. This area lay on the Port Musgrave coast, west of the Batavia River estuary, and extended southwards for about 24 kilometres to Janie Creek.
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| AUSTLANG reference | Y14 |
| AUSTLANG reference name | TJUNGUNDJI |
| OTHER REFERENCE CODE(S) | |
| LANGUAGE VARIETY NAME, PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION | [ˈtʲuŋunʲdʲi] |
| LANGUAGE VARIETY NAME, PHONEMIC TRANSCRIPTION | /ˈtʲuŋunʲdʲi/ |
| LANGUAGE VARIETY COMPLEX | Anguthimri |
| LANGUAGE STATUS | |
| PRACTICAL ORTHOGRAPHIES | Standard Modern Tjungundji – Developed by Pama Language Centre |
| DICTIONARY | |
| FIND A TRANSLATOR | Xavier Barker, xbarker@pamalanguagecentre.org.au, 0433 994 182 |
| CONNECT WITH SPEECH COMMUNITY | |
