Rembarrnga

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The Rembarrnga people, also spelt Rembarunga and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Language

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The Rembarrnga language is a non-Pama-Nyungan language belonging to the Gunwinyguan language family.{{sfn|Saulwick|2007|p=107}}

Country

Rembarrnga country covered some {{convert|5,000|mi2|km2}}, extending from the headwaters of the Mann, Cadell, Wilton, and Blyth rivers, to the arid plateau to the south.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=235}}

Alternative names

  • Rembarrnga, Rembaranga, Rembarnga, Rembranga
  • Ranjbarngo, Rainbarngo, Reinbaranga
  • Rembarrna
  • Maiadi
  • Maieli, Majali, Maiali, Maielli{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=235}}

Notes

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Sources

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  • {{Cite book| chapter = Rembarrnga poly synthesis in cross-linguistic perspective

| last = Saulwick | first = Adam

| title = New Challenges in Typology: Broadening the Horizons and Redefining the Foundations

| editor1-last = Miestamo | editor1-first = Matti

| editor2-last = Wälchli | editor2-first = Bernhard

| year = 2007

| publisher = Walter de Gruyter

| pages = 102–126

| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QcwNFsvKtGIC&pg=PA107

| isbn = 978-3-110-19890-4

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  • {{Cite book| chapter = Rembarunga (NT)

| last = Tindale | first = Norman Barnett

| author-link = Norman Tindale

| title = Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names

| year = 1974

| publisher = Australian National University

| chapter-url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/rembarunga.htm

| isbn = 978-0-708-10741-6

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{{Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory}}

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Category:Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory

Category:Arnhem Land