The Rembarrnga people, also spelt Rembarunga and other variants, 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 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
The
Rembarrnga language
Rembarrnga (Rembarunga) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Northern Non-Pama–Nyungan languages, spoken in the Roper River region of the Northern territory. There are three dialects of Rembarrnga, namely Galduyh, Gikkik and ...
is a
non-Pama-Nyungan language belonging to the
Gunwinyguan language family.
Country
Rembarrnga country covered some , extending from the headwaters of the Mann,
Cadell, Wilton, and
Blyth rivers, to the arid plateau to the south.
Alternative names
* ''Rembarrnga, Rembaranga, Rembarnga, Rembranga''
* ''Ranjbarngo, Rainbarngo, Reinbaranga''
* ''Rembarrna''
* ''Maiadi''
* ''Maieli, Majali, Maiali, Maielli''
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory
Arnhem Land