Moni people
Ethnic group
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The Moni (also known as the Migani, the Megani, the Djonggunu, or the Jonggunu) are an indigenous people in the Indonesian Intan Jaya (Kabupaten) of Central Papua in Western New Guinea. They speak the Moni language.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 28,200[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia (Central Papua) | |
| Languages | |
| Moni language, Indonesian language | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (predominantly), Animism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Papuan: Mee, Napan (Auye), Wolani |
The Moni revere the bondegezou, a large black and white whistling tree kangaroo, as an ancestor. The bondegezou was unknown to the scientific community until the zoologist Tim Flannery described it in 1995.[2]
