The Marranunggu are an Aboriginal Australian people and language group, [1] of the Northern Territory.
Marranunggu is classified as one of the dialects of the Marranji group of the Western Daly languages, together with Menhthe and Emmi. [2]
The Marranunggu's traditional lands were south of the Daly River. [3] [4]
According to Norman Tindale's calculations, the Marinunggo had roughly 250 square miles (650 km2) of tribal territory around the area of the Dilke Range and running in a northeasterly direction towards the swamplands of the Daly River. [5]
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