Maramanindji

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The Marimanindji are an indigenous Australian tribe of the Northern territory. Little is known of them.

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Name

The anthropologist "Bill" Stanner thought that other attested tribal names, Maritjamiri and Mangikurungu, properly belonged to the Marinmanindji. [1] Norman Tindale noted a similarity between their name and that of the Nanggikorongo also identified in this area, but did not draw any conclusion, since adequate material to clarify the overlap was not available. [2]

Language

Marimanindji was a dialect within the Marrithiyel language cluster and is now virtually extinct. [3]

Country

Marimanindji ranged to the south of Hermit Hill, in the central Daly River area. [2] Later work indicated that they lived south of both the Daly and Darwin rivers, to the west, and near the headwaters of the Muldiva river. [3]

People

They are generally grouped as one of the Marrithiyal As of 2005 it was believed that the Marimanindji remnant had been reduced to 10 people. [3]

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