The Marranunggu are an
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.
Humans first migrated to Australia 50,000 to 65,000 year ...
people and language group, 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 ...
.
Language
Marranunggu is classified as one of the dialects of the
Marranji group of the
Western Daly languages
The Western Daly languages are a small family of Australian aboriginal languages that share common grammatical forms. They are:
*Western Daly
** Maranunggu (Emmi; Menhthe dialect)
** Marrithiyel (Bringen: Marri Ammu, Marritjevin, Marridan, M ...
, together with Menhthe and Emmi.
Country
The Marranunggu's traditional lands were south of the
Daly River.
According to
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist. He is best remembered for his work mapping the various tribal groupings of Aboriginal Australians ...
's calculations, the Marinunggo had roughly 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''
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory