Gurr-Goni

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The Gungorogone are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

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Name

The tribal autonym is formed by an apparent suffix gurr- and -goni, their word for 'this'. [1]

Language

Guragone is a non-Pama-Nyungan language belonging to the Gunwinyguan family of languages, and has been described by Rebecca Green. It is one of the four Maningrida languages, the others being 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 Dangkolo and Manengkererrbe clans to their west, 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.

Extinct clans:

In terms of social structure, they comprise two moieties, differentiated linguistically by distinct dialects:-

Alternative names

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 3 Green 1995, p. 2.
    2. Green 1995, p. 1.
    3. Green 1995, p. 5.
    4. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 225.
    5. Green 1995, p. xvi, map.
    6. Green 1995, pp. 3–4.
    7. Green 1995, p. 3.

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