• Murrinh-patha (or Murrinhpatha, literally 'language-good'), called Garama by the Jaminjung, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by over 2,000...
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    within the Murrinh-patha myths. It is this philosophy that gives Murrinh-patha people motive and meaning in life. The following Murrinh-patha myth, for...
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    The Murrinh-Patha, or Murinbata, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory. Murrinh-Patha is spoken by about 2500 people, and serves...
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  • In Murrinh-Patha mythology, Nogamain is a god who gives spirit children to mortal parents. He created himself from nothingness. Eliade, Mircea (1966)...
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  • In Murrinh-Patha mythology, Tjinimin is the ancestor of the Australian peoples. He is associated with the bat and with Kunmanggur the rainbow serpent...
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    Explorer". Retrieved 12 October 2022. Green, I. "The Genetic Status of Murrinh-patha" in Evans, N., ed. "The Non-Pama-Nyungan Languages of Northern Australia:...
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    Seven of the most widely spoken Australian languages, such as Warlpiri, Murrinh-patha and Tiwi, retain between 1,000 and 3,000 speakers. Some Indigenous communities...
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    sounds. As an allophone of other rhotic sounds, [ɹ] occurs in Edo, Fula, Murrinh-patha, and Palauan. A peculiar consonant of the Ikema-Irabu dialect of the...
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    Southern Daly Murrinh-patha (Murinbata) Ngan’gityemerri (Ngan’gi) Southern Daly is a distant and problematic relationship. Murrinh-Patha was once thought...
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  • encoding kinship in language including special kin forms of pronouns. In Murrinh-patha, for example, when selecting a nonsingular exclusive pronoun to refer...
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    Propositus Tri-relational Kin-terms Terms of this type can be found in Murrinh-patha and Bininj Kunwok. The speaker and the addressee form two distinct propositi...
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    Major indigenous languages spoken in the Northern Territory include Murrinh-patha and Ngangikurrungurr in the northwest around Wadeye, Warlpiri and Warumungu...
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  • Djambarrpuyngu (3,839), Pitjantjatjara (3,399), Warlpiri (2,592), Murrinh Patha (2,063) and Tiwi (2,053). There were also over 10,000 people who spoke...
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  • Anindilyakwa Arrernte Burarra Kalaw Lagaw Ya Murrinh Patha Tiwi Walmajarri Warlpiri Warumungu Western Desert Luritja Pintupi Pitjantjatjara Yolŋu Matha...
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  • Anindilyakwa Arrernte Burarra Kalaw Lagaw Ya Murrinh Patha Tiwi Walmajarri Warlpiri Warumungu Western Desert Luritja Pintupi Pitjantjatjara Yolŋu Matha...
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  • Daly Marri Ngarr Magati Ke Merranunggu Marrithiyel Marramaninjsji Eastern Daly Matngele (Werret/Dakayu) Kamu Southern Daly Murrinh-patha Ngan’gityemerri...
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  • of which today live within the Kimberley) include the Daly language Murrinh-Patha and Western Mirndi language Jaminjung. Presently, many indigenous languages...
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    Nemarluk (c. 1911 – August 1940) was an Murrinh-patha man, Aboriginal warrior and resistance leader who lived around present-day Darwin in the Northern...
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  • Australia Yunggor: Northern Territory, Australia Southern Daly peoples Murrinh-Patha: Wadeye, Northern Territory, Australia Muringura people: Fitzmaurice...
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  • adopted as standard practice. The group of languages is classified with Murrinh-Patha as a Southern Daly family, a position not without problems; see Southern...
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    drawn from seven language groups, with the main language spoken being Murrinh-patha. Other languages include Marri-Ngarr, Marri-Tjavin, Magata-ge, and Djamindjung...
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    (big) Kutthung oorlarda Bardi tarnuk lijarri Wagiman urtne Arrernte yandandakko Pintupi yandi Noongar yoko Kaurna tjarndu Murrinh Patha gulaman Wiradjuri...
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  • speech of descendants, after their group was assimilated into the larger Murrinh-Patha group. . Murinkura Tindale 1974, p. 232. Falkenberg, Johannes (1962)...
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    are irrmoorrgooloo; a man's wife and his children are aalamalarr. In Murrinh-patha, nonsingular pronouns are differentiated not only by the gender makeup...
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  • switched to use of English and the flourishing Aboriginal language Murrinh-Patha. The ethnic population is about 100, and there are 50 second language...
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    in which were recorded two indigenous names for H. chrysogaster, the Murrinh-Patha name manngay and the Mayali and Kunwinjku name yirrku (official Kunwinjku...
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  • often referred to as the Coopermine Massacre, killed Mulluk-Mulluk, Murrinh-Patha and Woolwonga men, women and children. It was a persistent belief of...
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  • West Cape Muluridji[2] Queensland Muragan[2] Queensland Murinbata[2] Murrinh-patha[1] Northern Territory Fitzmaurice Muringura[2] Northern Territory Murngin[2]...
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  • Awtuw, Yimas) northern Australian languages (e.g. Macro-Gunwinyguan, Murrinh-patha, classical Tiwi, Enindhilyagwa) Ithkuil Poliespo In this example, the...
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    Darrell Tryon combined these into a single family, with the exception of Murrinh-patha. However, such methodologies are less effective with languages with...
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