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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Unknown (110 recorded[citation needed] fluent speakers of Adnyamathanha language)[citation needed] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Flinders Ranges | |
| Languages | |
| Adnyamathanha, English (Australian Aboriginal English, Australian English) | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Baptist), traditional beliefs[citation needed] |
The Adnyamathanha (Pronounced: /ˈɑːdnjəmʌdənə/) are a contemporarily formed grouping of several distinct Aboriginal Australian peoples of the northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia. The ethnonym Adnyamathanha was an alternative name for the Wailpi but the contemporary grouping also includes the Guyani, Jadliaura, Pilatapa and sometimes the Barngarla peoples. The origin of the name is in the words "adnya" ("rock") and "matha" ("group" or "group of people").
Adnyamathanha is also used to refer to their traditional language, although Adnyamathanha people themselves call their language "yura ngarwala" (roughly translated as "our speech") and refer to themselves as "yura".
There is a community of Adnyamathanha people at Nepabunna, just west of the Gammon Ranges, which was established as a mission station in 1931. The Adnyamathanha people have run Nantawarrina IPA, the first Indigenous Protected Area in Australia, since 1998.