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Awarai
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The Awarai (Warray) are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
The Norwegian explorer Knut Dahl wrote down a short list of vocabulary of the Awarai language.
Country
The Awarai tribal lands took in some 1,400 square miles (3,600 km2) of territory, between Mount Shoebridge and the Central Tableland.[1] Their northern boundary was 46 miles south of Darwin,[a] on the Darwin River near the Adelaide–Darwin railway line and 10 miles north of Rum Jungle. The southern limits were at Brocks Creek, where their border met that of the Awinmul.[2]
Social organization
The Warai had arrangements to supply the Wogait with women for marriage.[3]
People
According to Norman Tindale, they stood in fear of the Agigondin horde of the Wulwulam, which however incorporated them eventually as a subtribe.[2]
Alternative names
- Awarrai, Awarra
- Warai, Warei, Warrai
Source: Tindale 1974, p. 221
Some words
- nguk (1) tobacco (2) shit.[4]
Notes
Sources
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