The Marranunggu are an Aboriginal Australian people and language group,[1] of the Northern Territory.

Language

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Marranunggu is classified as one of the dialects of the Marranji group of the Western Daly languages, together with Menhthe and Emmi.[2]

Country

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The Marranunggu's traditional lands were south of the Daly River.[3][4]

According to Norman Tindale's calculations, the Marinunggo had roughly 250 square miles (650 km2) of tribal territory around the area of the Dilke Range and running in a northeasterly direction towards the swamplands of the Daly River.[5]

Alternative names

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  • Marranunga
  • Maranunggo
  • Marranunngo[6]
  • Maranunga
  • Maranungo[5]

Notes

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Citations

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  1. ^ Grim 2006, p. 287.
  2. ^ Marett, Barwick & Ford 2013, p. 77.
  3. ^ Stanner 1933, p. 159.
  4. ^ Rose 2000, p. 61.
  5. ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 231.
  6. ^ Sutton 2004, p. 169.

Sources

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  • Basedow, Herbert (1907). "Anthropological notes on the Western Coastal tribes of the Northern Territory of South Australia". Journal of the Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 31: 1–62.
  • Dahl, Knut (1895). "Treatment after circumcision in the Hermit Hill tribe, Daly River, Northern Territory". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 19. Adelaide: 122–123.