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*{{Cite work| title = Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia
| last = Capell| first = Arthur
| author-link = Arthur Capell
| year = June 1942
| publisher = [[Oceania (journal)|Oceania]]
| volume = Volume 12
| issue = 4
| pages =364-392
| url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/40327959
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*{{Cite book| title = Kinship and conflict : a study of an aboriginal community in northern Arnhem Land
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Revision as of 16:48, 16 March 2018

Map showing the lands of the Gunnawingu people near Darwin, Northern Territory.

The Gunwinggu people are a tribe of Australian Aboriginal people who live to the east of Darwin, Northern Territory.

Language

They traditionally speak the Kunwinjku language.

Country

In Norman Tindale's scheme, the Gunwinggu were allotted a tribal territory of around 2,800 sq. miles in the area south of Jungle Creek and on the headwaters of the East Alligator River.[1]

Social organization

The Gunwinggu were composed of clans

Alternative names

  • Gunwingu.
  • Gunwingo.
  • Wengi, Wengei, Wengej.
  • Gundeidjeme.
  • Gundjeipmi
  • Kulunglutji, Kulunglutchi.
  • Gundjeibmi, Gundjajeimi, Gundeijeme, Gundeidjeme.
  • Margulitban.
  • Unigangk, Urnigangg.
  • Koorungo.
  • Neinggu.(Maung exonym)
  • Mangaridji.
  • Mangeri. [1]

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 226.

Sources