Badimaya
The Badimaya people are an Aboriginal Australian people from the Mid west region of Western Australia.Country
Traditional Badimaya country was calculated by Tindale to encompass approximately, and is bordered by the Western Desert language groups of the Tjuparn and the Wanmala to the east, the Noongar to the south-west and Watjarri to the north-west.
This country covers Cue, Nannine and Mount Magnet to the north, Paynes Find to the south, Yalgoo to the southwest, and the northwest lay along the Sandford River.Language
Badimaya belongs to the Kartu branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. It is a critically endangered language, however there is a strong language revival movement underway in the Badimaya community.The Badimaya were reported to practise both circumcision and subincision.Notable people
Names according to Norman Tindale:
- Badimala
- Badimara
- Barimaia, Bardimaia, Badimaia
- Bidungu
- Padimaia
- Parimaia
- Patimara
- Waadal
- Wardal
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