The Marimanindji are an

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tribe of the

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. Little is known of them.

Name

The anthropologist "Bill" Stanner thought that other attested tribal names, Maritjamiri and Mangikurungu, properly belonged to the Marinmanindji.

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 ...

noted a similarity between their name and that of the

Nanggikorongo The Ngan'gimerri, also spelt Nangiomeri, Nanggumiri, and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Daly River area in the Northern Territory. Language Ngan'gimerri is one of the Southern Daly River languages, and considered a ...

also identified in this area, but did not draw any conclusion, since adequate material to clarify the overlap was not available.

Language

Marimanindji was a dialect within the

Marrithiyel language Marrithiyel (Marithiel, also Maridhiel, Maridhiyel), also known as Berringen (Bringen, Brinken), is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Marrithiyal people. Dialects besides Marrithiyel proper are Nganygit, Marri Amu (Marriammu, Mar ...

cluster and is now virtually extinct.

Country

Marimanindji ranged to the south of Hermit Hill, in the central Daly River area. Later work indicated that they lived south of both the

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and Darwin rivers, to the west, and near the headwaters of the Muldiva river.

People

They are generally grouped as one of the Marrithiyal

Alternative names

* ''Maramanandji'' * ''Maramarandji'' * ''Marimanindu'' * ''Marramaninjsji'' * ''Marramaninyshi'' * ''Murinmanindji''

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