Gurr-Goni
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Gungorogone
)The Gungorogone are an
indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory
.
Name
The tribal
autonym is formed by an apparent suffix gurr- and -goni, their word for 'this'.[1]
Language
Ndjebbana, Nakkara and Burarra.[2] Despite their genetic similarity, shared vocabulary rates are low, with 22% between Gurr-goni and Ndjebbana, and 24% between Gurr-goni and Nakkara.[3] It has two dialects, associated with the two moieties, respectively gun-dakangurrngu Gurrgoni, or 'hard Gurr-goni' and gunnjalkitj or 'soft' Gurrgoni.[1]
Country
The Gungorogone were inlanders living south of
Maningrida, who dwelt in the area to the southeast of the headwaters of the Tomkinson River, on and to the west of the Cadell River.[4][5]
Neighbouring tribes were the
Gunavidji and Nakkara on their northern frontier. Running clockwise, the Burarra and Gun-nartpa, Ngulinj clan, and finally, the Kardbam clan on their southern flank.[6]
Social organization
The Gungorogone were composed of 5 clans in recent memory.
- The Boburerre (Yirrtjinga dialect)
- The Andirrdjalaba.(Yirrtjinga dialect)
- The Gulumarrarra (Djowunga dialect)
Extinct clans:
- The Atbimingi (Djowunga dialect)
- The Marrarditj (Yirrtjinga dialect).[7]
In terms of social structure, they comprise two moieties, differentiated linguistically by distinct dialects:-
- The Yirrtjinga moiety
- The Djowunga moiety.[1]
Alternative names
- Gungoragone
- Gungoro:lgo:ngi
- Gungarawoni
- Gungurulgungi[4]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c Green 1995, p. 2.
- ^ Green 1995, p. 1.
- ^ Green 1995, p. 5.
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 225.
- ^ Green 1995, p. xvi, map.
- ^ Green 1995, pp. 3–4.
- ^ Green 1995, p. 3.
Sources
- JSTOR 40327959.
- JSTOR 40328302.
- Green, Rebecca (1995). A grammar of Gurr-goni (North Central Arnhem land) (PDF). ANU doctoral thesis.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.