The earliest record of the languages dates from material collected by an anonymous source and forwarded by Edric Gifford to Edward Curr, who published a list of basic words in 1886.
Their inland extension, from the northern area of Shark Bay,[6] ran as far east as the vicinity of Red Hill and Gascoyne Junction.
Alan Dench also lists among their northern neighbours the Baiyungu, Maia, Tharrkari and Warriyangga, while stating the Malgana lay to their south, and the Wadjarri to their east.
[9] When the data was collected in 1911, little was remembered of their marriage systems and Alan Dench thinks it probable, unlike many neighbouring tribes to their north, they did not have a moieties.
[7] The Nanda on the southern end of Shark Bay were much in fear of the Inggarda, who they regarded as highly proficient in the art of sorcery, which included the power to conjure up rain at will.