The Mariamo or ''Marri ammu'' are an indigenous Australian people of the

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Name

The

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''Mariamo/Marri Ammu'' signifies 'plains language'.

Language

Mariamo belongs to the

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of the Daly River language family.

Country

The Mariamo tribal lands covered some of swampland south of Mount Greenwood. Their status as an in independent tribe has been maintained by both

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and

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