The Yadhaykenu, otherwise known as the Jathaikana or Yadhaigana, are an Australian aboriginal tribe of northern Queensland. The name appears to be an exonym from the Western and Central Torres Strait (Kalau Lagau Ya) yadaigal (Kaurareg dialect yařadaigalai~yařadegale) "talkers, chatterers,people who speak a lot".
The Yadhaykenu, otherwise known as the Jathaikana or Yadhaigana, are an Australian aboriginal tribe of northern Queensland. The name appears to be an exonym...
Atampaya, Yantaykenu further north, being the language of the Bamaga area, Yadhaykenu on the east coast north of Wudhadhi, and Yaraytyana further north again...
upon whom Edmund Kennedy increasingly relied until he died, speared by Yadhaykenu (a.k.a. Jathaikana) people in the northern Peninsula area (December 1848)...
for the Kaurareg, Kulkulgal, Kemer Kemer Meriam, Ankamuthi, and Gudang/Yadhaykenu peoples. Cape York Peninsula supports a complex mosaic of intact tropical...
Northern Cape York Language, dialects : Wudhadhi, Atampaya, Angkamuthi, Yadhaykenu] The main source of loan words to the language since the mid 1800s has...
Peninsula. It is closely related to Urradhi (dialects Urradhi, Angkamuthi, Yadhaykenu, Wudhadhi, etc.), its neighbour to the south, and distantly related to...
several Aboriginal groups including people from the Atambaya, Angkamuthi, Yadhaykenu, Gudang and Wuthathi language and social groups. The area is a living...
Australia Pama-Nyungan peoples Paman peoples North Cape York Paman peoples Yadhaykenu: Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Wuthathi: Cape York Peninsula...
people as a drover, led his troopers in massacres against the mainland Yadhaykenu people and the Kaurareg people of the Torres Strait after the crew of...
western islands of Endeavour Strait. Goomkoding Yumakundji (perhaps a Yadhaykenu exonym) Amkomti Ondaima (? perhaps referring to a horde) Oiyamkwi (people...
tribes the Traditional Owners of the NPA Anggamuthi, Atambaya, Wuthati, Yadhaykenu and Gudang. The tribes are depicted through the five rivers that stream...
Traditional Owners of the NPA Region (Anggamuthi, Atambaya, Wuthati, Yadhaykenu and Gudang). The tribes are depicted through the five rivers that stream...
According to Dr. Creed, large numbers of the Djagaraga were killed off by the Yadhaykenu within living memory. 'The natives at Cape York call themselves Gudaŋ...
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