 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Mununjali clan" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(August 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
TheMununjali clan is one ofnine distinct named clan estate groups of theYugambeh people, anAboriginal Australian nation whose traditional lands are theBeaudesert area in theScenic Rim,Queensland,Australia.
TheethnonymMununjali has been related to a Yugambeh word,munun, which refers to a type of "black soil" with-jali meaning "people" and thus means "Black Earth People". Their country was typified by the abundance of black soil.
| Mununjali | |
|---|---|
| Manaldjali, Wanggeriburra | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Mununjali,Wanggeriburra |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| AIATSIS[1] | E76 |
The Mununjali people spoke adialect, of which a few hundred words have been preserved, of theYugambeh language.
Knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary was recorded from Joe Culham, son of Coolum known as the "King of the Mununjali", byMargaret Sharpe in 1968 and the Swedish linguistNils Holmer compiled a grammar and dictionary from Mununjali people in 1978.
Comparisons with neighbouring clan word lists such as theWanggeriburra's supplied by John Allen in 1913 showed they spoke the same variety of language.[2]
Their tribal boundaries are said to have extended east to the Birnam range, north toJimboomba, south toTamrookum, and west to theTeviot Brook.
According to John Allen's map, the Mununjali were located south of theGugingin clan on theLogan River, centred in Beaudesert and north of the Migunburri, with the Wangerriburra in the hinterland to their east.[3]