Thalanyji

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The Thalanyji, also spelt Thalandji, Dhalandji, and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

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Thalanyji lands, according to Norman Tindale, encompassed approximately 4,500 square miles (12,000 km2), running along the Ashburton River, and extending from the coast to Nanutarra, Boolaloo, and the lower Henry River. [1] Tindale thought that their presence around Exmouth Gulf reflected late migration to that area. [1]

Society

The Thalanyji practised neither circumcision or subincision. [1]

Language

The Thalanyji spoke the Thalanyji language, but this is thought to be now extinct. [2]

Alternative names

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    Citations

    1. 1 2 3 4 Tindale 1974, p. 256.
    2. 1 2 W26 Thalanyji at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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