Tenma people

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

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Language

The Thiin spoke one of four dialects of Mantharta, the other members of the dialect continuum being the Warriyangka, Djiwarli and Tharrkari. [1]

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 2,300 square miles (6,000 km2) of traditional tribal land. [2]

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Source: Tindale 1974 , p. 257

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