The Banbai are an Indigenous Australian people of New South Wales.
Language
editBaanbai, which R. H. Mathews had treated as a distinct language, appears on closer analysis, according to W. G. Hoddinott, to have been a dialect of Gumbaiŋgar. if not indeed almost identical to the language spoken by that tribe.[1]
Country
editThe Banbai were a Northern Tablelands tribe whose lands are estimated by Norman Tindale to have covered some 2,300 square miles (6,000 km2), taking in Ben Lomond, Glencoe, Marowan, Mount Mitchell, and Kookabookra. They were also present along the Boyd River valley.[2]
People
editThe Banbai appear to be closely related, as an inland people, to the coastal Gumbaynggirr.[3]
Alternative names
edit- Ahnbi
- Bahnbi
- Dandi
Source: Tindale 1974, p. 191
Some words
edit- bodyerra (boy)
- dillanggan (girl)
- ginggēr (kangaroo)
- wandyi (dog)
Source: Hoddinott 1967, p. 58
Notes
editCitations
edit- ^ Hoddinott 1967, pp. 56–60.
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 191.
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 112.
Sources
edit- Hoddinott, W. G. (September 1967). "The BA:NBAI Language of Northern New South Wales". Oceania. 38 (1): 56–60. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1967.tb00935.x. JSTOR 40329645.
- MacPherson, J. (1904). "Ngarrabul and other aboriginal tribes: distribution of tribes". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29: 677–684. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20175.
- Mathews, R. H. (1903). "Languages of the New England aborigines". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 42: 249–263.
- Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (1918). "Notes on the social organization of Australian tribes". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 48: 222–253.
- Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (April 1930). "The Social Organization of Australian Tribes". Oceania. 1 (1): 34–63. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1930.tb00003.x. JSTOR 40373034.
- Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (July 1930). "The Social Organization of Australian Tribes. Part II". Oceania. 1 (2): 206–246. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1930.tb01645.x. JSTOR 40327321.
- Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (October–December 1930). "The Social Organization of Australian Tribes Part II (Continued)". Oceania. 1 (3): 322–341. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1930.tb01652.x. JSTOR 40327330.
- Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (January–March 1931). "The Social Organization of Australian Tribes: Part III". Oceania. 1 (4): 426–456. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1931.tb00015.x. JSTOR 40327343.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Banbai (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.