Language
The Panyjima speak one of the Ngayarda languages, Ngayarda sub-group of the Pama-Nyungan languages. The number of speakers was estimated in 2002 to be around fifty.Country
According to Norman Tindale, the Panyjima held sway over of tribal territory. They dwelt on the upper plateau of the Hamersley Range and as far south as the Fortescue River. Their eastern frontier lay at Marillana, Weeli Wolli Creek, near Marillana. Their southern limits lay around Rocklea Station, Rocklea and on the Turee Creek Station, upper branches of Turee Creek, as ran east as far as the Kunderong Range.History of contact
Before the period of contact with European, the highlander Kurrama people, Kurrama pressured them out to shift east as far as Yandicoogina mine, Yandicoogina and the Ophthalmia Range, a movement which in turn drove the Mandara people (Australia), Mandara and Niabali eastwards.Native title
Alternative names
* ''Bandjima'' (western tribal pronunciation) * ''Mandanjongo'' ("top people", Nyamal exonym for plateau people such as the Panyjima and the Yindjibarndi people, Yindjibarndi) * ''Panjima, Pand'ima''Notes
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