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Ngunnawal/Ngunawal and Gundungurra are Australian Aboriginal languages, and the traditional languages of the Ngunnawal and Gandangarra.Ngunnawal and Gundungurra are very closely related and the two were most likely highly mutually intelligible.
Kaurna (/ ˈ ɡ ɑːr n ə / or / ˈ ɡ aʊ n ə /) is a Pama-Nyungan language historically spoken by the Kaurna peoples of the Adelaide Plains of South Australia.The Kaurna peoples are made up of various tribal clan groups, each with their own parnkarra district of land and local dialect.
This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages.Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. . Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang, have become widely used in other varieties of English, and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond En
Note: As "Australian Aboriginal" is not a distinct language, but rather a collective term for a large group of languages, this category is useful as a holding place for all words with an origin in the different Aboriginal languages.
The Gathang language, also spelt Gadjang, Kattang, Kutthung, Gadhang, Gadang and previously known as Worimi (also spelt Warrimay), is an Australian Aboriginal language or group of dialects. The three known dialects are Birrbay , Guringay , and Warrimay , which are used by the Worimi , Guringay , and Birrbay peoples.
One of the words for "river". Warragul: A loanword originating from Dharug language around Sydney. Usually given as meaning "wild dog", although warragul was recorded as meaning "wild" for anything, including humans. Gippsland settlers used the word in derogatory way to describe Indigenous people. [28] Wonthaggi
The Aboriginal inhabitants of the Wagga Wagga region were the Wiradjuri people and the term wagga wagga, with a central open vowel /aː/, means 'dances and celebrations', [18] and has also been translated as 'reeling like a drunken man'. [19] The Wiradjuri word wagan means 'crow', which can be pluralised by reduplication. [20]
The Yawuru recognize six seasons in the year: Barrgana, Wirlburu, Laja, Marrul, Wirralburu and Man-gala. [11] [12] The dry cold season (Barrgana) coincides with a change of fishing from the open sea to the native salmon in creeks; after a brief transitional phase (Wirlburu), the Laja period, encompassing September to November, kicks in, called "married turtle time" where abundance caches of ...