Gambalang
The Gambalang are an
indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory
.
Language
Though many speakers now use
non-Pama-Nyungan Macro-Gunwinyguan languages. The language is at risk of extinction, with only 40 surviving speakers, its grammar has been described recently by Ivan Kapitonov.[1]
Country
Norman Tindale estimate their tribal territory as covering some 600 square miles (1,600 km2) On the coast between Hawkesbury Point and Junction Bay. Their inland extension ran to about 25 miles (40 km) as far as Table Hill.[2] To their east across the estuary opening out into the
Gungorogone lay southeast, while the Kunwinjku were to their immediate south, on the west bank of the Liverpool River.[3]
Notable people
- Xavier Clarke, Australian rules footballer.[4]
Alternative names
Notes
Citations
- ^ Kapitonov 2021.
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 225.
- ^ Hiatt 1965, p. 1.
- ^ Long 2016.
- ^ Hiatt 1965, pp. 1–2.
Sources
- Australian National University Press.
- "New Michael Long sports academy using football to improve lives and communities". indigenous.gov.au. 19 January 2016.
- Kapitonov, Ivan (2021). A Grammar of Kunbarlang. ISBN 978-3-110-74124-7.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.