The Pini or Nana, or more specifically the Birniridjara, also spelt Piniridjara and Biniridjara, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia. They are part of the Western Desert cultural bloc.
Country Norman Tindale estimated Pini tribal lands to have encompassed approximately , 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)
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