The Antakirinja, otherwise spelt Antakarinya, and alternatively spoken of as the Ngonde, are an indigenous Australian people of South Australia.
Many people who previously identified as Antikirinya now instead identify as Yankunytjatjara.
Name The name Antakarinya is almost certainly of Arrandic origin. A probable etymology is antekerre ("south") and -nye (a suffix attached to directions or places indicating something from there).
Norman Tindale held the name means "westerners", from andakara ("west"). Wilkins & Petch (1997) states it is probably from Lower Arrernte, from the words ("west") and ("originating from").
Language Antakarinya language is a Western Desert language belonging to the Wati language family of the Pama–Nyungan languages.
Country Norman Tindale estimated the total range of lands to extend over roughly . They lived around the headwaters of four rivers, the Hamilton, Alberga, Wintinna, and Lora, and northwards over the modern border as far as Kulgera in the Northern Territory. Their southern frontiers, just before the start of the gibber desert terrain, ran down to Mount Willoughby, Arckaringa, and the Stuart Range, close to the Kokata territory at Coober Pedy. The line separating them from the Matuntara tribe roughly coincides with the northern reaches of the bluebush plains.
Social organization The Antakarinya were composed of several hordes. Walarangunja (eastern Everard Ranges) Kadjilaranda (clan north of the eastern Everard Ranges)
Christopher Giles, a Telegraph Stationmaster at Charlotte Waters, wrote about their social organization (according to Norman Tindale, Giles' data is incorrectly ascribed to the Antakarinya and actually refers to Arrernte). Giles wrote in 1875 they had four class names: Parroola Panungka Booltara Koomurra
According to Giles, the marriage relations of the four were tabulated in the following manner: Male Marries Children are Parroola Panungka Koomurra Panungka Parroola Booltara Booltara Koomurra Poonungka (sic) Koomurra Booltara Parroola
Further reading
Ingkama Bobby Brown; Petter Attila Naessan, Irrititja – The Past: Antikirrinya History from Ingomar Station and Beyond, Keeaira Press, 2012
Alternative names Antakarinja, Antakerinya, Antakerrinya, Andagirinja, Andagarinja, Andekerinja (Arrernte pronunciation), Andekarinja, Antekarinja, Andigarinya Andigirinji, Antingari, Andigari, Andgari Andegilliga, Andigarina, Antigari, Andigiri, Anjirigna Anterrikanya, Antegarinya, Antigerinya, Andjirigna Untergerrie Aldolinga Ngonde Tangara Yandairunga Njuntundjara (Yankuntjatjarra exonym) Walarangunja Walarenunga Kadjilaranda Aluna (language name for southern bands)
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