The Marranunggu are an Aboriginal Australian people and "language group," 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.
Country※
The Marranunggu's traditional lands were south of the Daly River.
According——to Norman Tindale's calculations, the Marinunggo had roughly 250 square miles (650 km) of tribal territory around the area of the " Dilke Range and running in a northeasterly direction towards the swamplands of the Daly River."
Alternative names※
- Marranunga
- Maranunggo
- Marranunngo
- Maranunga
- Maranungo
Notes※
Citations※
- ^ Grim 2006, p. 287.
- ^ Marett, Barwick & Ford 2013, p. 77.
- ^ Stanner 1933, p. 159.
- ^ Rose 2000, p. 61.
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 231.
- ^ Sutton 2004, p. 169.
Sources※
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- 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.
- Dahl, Knut (1926). In Savage Australia: An Account of a Hunting and Collecting Expedition——to Arnhem Land and Dampier Land (PDF). London: P. Allen & Sons. pp. 72–98.
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- Marett, Allan; Barwick, Linda; Ford, Lysbeth (2013). For the Sake of a Song: Wangga Songmen and Their Repertories. Sydney University Press. ISBN 978-1-920-89975-2.
- Rose, Deborah Bird (2000). "Tropical Hundreds:monoculturalism and colonisation". In Docker, John; Fischer, Gerhard (eds.). Race, Colour and Identity in Australia and New Zealand. University of New South Wales Press. pp. 59–78. ISBN 978-0-868-40538-4.
- Stanner, W. E. H. (December 1933). "Ceremonial Economics of the Mulluk Mulluk and Madngella Tribes of the Daly River, North Australia. A Preliminary Paper". Oceania. 4 (2): 156–175. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1933.tb00098.x. JSTOR 40327457.
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- Thurman, Joanne (2014). "Cave Men Luminoids. And Dragons:Monstrous Creatures Mediating Relationships between People and Country in Aboriginal Northern Australia". In Musharbash, Yasmine; Presterudstuen, Geir Henning (eds.). Monster Anthropology in Australasia and Beyond. Springer. pp. 25–38. ISBN 978-1-137-44865-1.
- 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.