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The Gungorogone are an
indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. The ...
people of the
Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
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Name

The tribal
autonym Autonym may refer to: * Autonym, the name used by a person to refer to themselves or their language; see Exonym and endonym * Autonym (botany), an automatically created infrageneric or infraspecific name See also * Nominotypical subspecies, in zo ...
is formed by an apparent suffix ''gurr-'' and ''-goni'', their word for 'this'.


Language

Guragone is a non-Pama-Nyungan language belonging to the Gunwinyguan family of languages, and has been described by Rebecca Green. It is one of the four
Maningrida languages Maningrida, also known as Burarran, is a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. It includes four languages, none closely related: * Burarra * Gurr-goni * Ndjébbana * Na'kara Green established the fam ...
, the others being Ndjebbana, Nakkara and Burarra. Despite their genetic similarity, shared vocabulary rates are low, with 22% between Gurr-goni and Ndjebbana, and 24% between Gurr-goni and Nakkara. It has two dialects, associated with the two moieties, respectively ''gun-dakangurrngu Gurrgoni,'' or 'hard Gurr-goni' and ''gunnjalkitj'' or 'soft' Gurrgoni.


Country

The Gungorogone were inlanders living south of
Maningrida Maningrida ( Ndjébanna: ''Manayingkarírra'', Kuninjku: ''Manawukan'') is an Aboriginal community in the heart of the Arnhem Land region of Australia's Northern Territory. Maningrida is east of Darwin, and north east of Jabiru. It is on ...
, who dwelt in the area to the southeast of the headwaters of the Tomkinson River, on and to the west of the Cadell River. Neighbouring tribes were the Dangkolo and Manengkererrbe clans to their west,
Gunavidji The Gunavidji people, also written Kunibidji and Kunibídji and also known as the Ndjébbana, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Language The Gunavidji speak Ndjébbana, which is one of the Maningrida ...
and Nakkara on their northern frontier. Running clockwise, the Burarra and Gun-nartpa, Ngulinj clan, and finally, the Kardbam clan on their southern flank.


Social organization

The Gungorogone were composed of 5 clans in recent memory: * The ''Boburerre'' (Yirrtjinga dialect) * The ''Andirrdjalaba'' (Yirrtjinga dialect) * The ''Gulumarrarra'' (Djowunga dialect) Extinct clans: * The ''Atbimingi'' (Djowunga dialect) * The ''Marrarditj'' (Yirrtjinga dialect) In terms of social structure, they comprise two moieties, differentiated linguistically by distinct dialects: * The ''Yirrtjinga'' moiety * The ''Djowunga'' moiety


Alternative names

* ''Gungoragone'' * ''Gungoro:lgo:ngi'' * ''Gungarawoni'' * ''Gungurulgungi''


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* * * * {{authority control Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory