Jingili people facts for kids
The Jingili or Jingulu are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
Jingulu is classified as belonging to the Mirndi family of non Pama-Nyungan languages. An early word-list was compiled by F. A. Gillen. Following in the wake of pioneering work by Neil Chadwick in the 1970s, Robert Pensalfini wrote out a grammar of Jingulu on the basis of fieldwork with its last known fluent speakers.
Country
Norman Tindale estimated the range of Jingili lands at approximately 5,900 square miles (15,000 km2). The southern frontier was around the Renner Springs area about Mount Grayling, extending northwards to Newcastle Waters and also took in the area of the Ashburton Range. To the east they encompassed Cattle Creek south of Wave Hill and Ucharonidge. Their western extension ran as far as the 25 miles from Lake Woods.
Social organization
R. H. Mathews constructed an early scheme to set forth the marriage divisions of the Jingili.
| Phratry | Section of Parents | Section of Offspring | ||
| Husband | Wife | Son | Daughter | |
| A | Jimmitcha Chunainjah Chemarainjah Tampachina |
Nungalleeinja Nalainjah Naraleeinjah Nungareeinjah |
Taraleeinjah Tungareeinjah Chulainjah Chungaleeinjah |
Naraleeinjah Nungareeinjah Nalainjah Nungalleeinja |
| B | Chungaleeinjah Chulainjah Tungareeinjah Taraleeinjah |
Nameeinjah Nanainjah Nabajinah Nemarainjah |
Tampachina Chemarainjah Chunainjah Jimmitcha |
Nabajinah Nemarainjah Nanainjah Nameeinjah |
Some eight years later he reconfigured the data in the following terms:-
| Phratry | Section of Parents | Section of Offspring | |
| Wife | Husband | Offspring | |
| Cycle A | Chungalee Chula Taralee Tungaree |
Chimitcha Chuna Chemara Champina |
Taralee Tanagree Chula Chingaree |
| Cycle B | Chimicha Chuna Champina Chimara |
Chungalee Chula Tangaree Taralee |
Champina Chemara Chuna Chimitcha |
History of contact
According to oral tradition, the Jingili originally migrated from the Great Western Desert.
Alternative names
- Chingalee, Chingalli
- Djingili, Djingali, Djinggili
- Leechunguloo
- T(h)ingalie
- Tjingale, Tchingalee
- Tjingilli, Tjingali, Tjingalli
- Tjingilu
Source:
Some words
- mowija. (pieces of crystallized quartz used, according to Ravenscroft, to kill an enemy by creeping up to him when the latter slept, and placing the stones on his chest.)
