title: Pini people
text: # Pini people
  
  The Pini or Nana, or more specifically the Birniridjara, also spelt Piniridjara and Biniridjara, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia.
  
  ## Country
  
  Norman Tindale estimated Pini tribal lands to have encompassed approximately 14,000 square miles (36,000 $km^2),$ west of Lake Carnegie and the ephemeral Lake Wells to its south. The land took in Erlistoun Creek and Lake Darlot. Their northern frontier ran as far as Wongawol and Princes Range
  
  ## Alternative names
  
  * Piniiri
  * Piniridjara, Biniridjara
  * Pandjanu, Bandjanu (a toponym referring to what is known now as Bandya Station)
  * Banjanu
  * Tjubun
  * Madutjara. (Nangatadjara exonym).
  * Jabura. (Tjalkadjara exonym meaning "northerners.")
  * Birni
  * Buranudjara. (?)
  * Nangaritjara (Tjalkadjara term for their language)
  * Wordako. (apparently indicating the language of the Lake Darlot people).
  