Marranunggu

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

Language

Main article: Marranj language

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

Country

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

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

Notes

Citations

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

Sources

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• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Marinunggo (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.