Ngiyambaa people

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The Ngiyampaa also known as the Ngemba, [1] are an indigenous Australian people of the state of New South Wales.

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Language

The Ngiyambaa spoke varieties of the Ngiyambaa language, [2] which was composed of two dialects, Ngiyambaa Wangaaybuwan and Ngiyambaa Wayilwan [3]

The Ngiyambaa language is a Pama–Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup. It was the traditional language of the Wangaibon and Weilwan peoples of New South Wales, Australia, but is now moribund; according to Donaldson by the 1970s there were only about ten people fluent in Wangaibon, whilst there were only a couple of Weilwan speakers left.

Country

According to Norman Tindale's estimation, Ngiyampaa tribal lands extended over some 6,600 square miles (17,000 km2) in the territory lying south of the south bank of the Barwon and Darling rivers, from Brewarrina to Dunlop. Their area included Yanda Creek down to the source of Mulga Creek, and took in the Bogan River. [1] The Wiradjuri were on their southeastern flank, the Gamilaraay northeast, while the Paakantyi lay to their west.

Norman Tindale Australian biologist

Norman Barnett Tindale AO was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.

Barwon River (New South Wales) river located in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia

Barwon River, a perennial river that is part of the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the north-west slopes and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia.

Darling River river in Australia

The Darling River is the third longest river in Australia, measuring 1,472 kilometres (915 mi) from its source in northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth, New South Wales. Including its longest contiguous tributaries it is 2,844 km (1,767 mi) long, making it the longest river system in Australia.

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 198.
    2. ↑ Donaldson 1985, p. 126.
    3. ↑ Dixon 2002, p. xxxv.

    Sources

    Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon is a Professor of Linguistics in the College of Arts, Society, and Education and The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Queensland. He is also Deputy Director of The Language and Culture Research Centre at JCU. Doctor of Letters, he was awarded a prestigious Honorary Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa by JCU in 2018. Fellow of British Academy; Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and Honorary member of the Linguistic Society of America, he is one of three living linguists to be specifically mentioned in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics by P. H. Matthews.

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