The language of the Amarak, Amurdak, is now virtually extinct, the last known speaker being Charlie Mungulda.[3] It was also known as Wardadjbak, and belongs to the Iwaidja language family. It had two dialects, Urrik and Didjurra.[4]
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The Amurdak's traditional lands extended over some 900 square miles (2,300 km2) around the eastern coast of Van Diemen Gulf. Their northern extend lay beyond Murgenella Creek and in the vicinity of Cooper Creek, while their southern frontier was close to the East Alligator River.[5]
According to the widespread creation story of the Cobourg Peninsula dreamtime, the Amurdak (Umoriu) descended from Imberombera deposited who children at a place near Cooper Creek known as Mamul. One of the children was called Kominuuru, and, on leaving, she told them to speak Amurdak, and an edible bulb called murarowa.[6]
amurdak, people, also, written, amarak, ngamarak, indigenous, australian, people, cobourg, peninsula, northern, territory, contents, language, country, mythology, alternative, names, notes, citations, sourceslanguage, editmain, article, language, language, ama. The Amurdak people also written Amarak and Ngamarak 1 2 are an indigenous Australian people of the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory Contents 1 Language 2 Country 3 Mythology 4 Alternative names 5 Notes 5 1 Citations 6 SourcesLanguage editMain article Amurdak language The language of the Amarak Amurdak is now virtually extinct the last known speaker being Charlie Mungulda 3 It was also known as Wardadjbak and belongs to the Iwaidja language family It had two dialects Urrik and Didjurra 4 Country editThe Amurdak s traditional lands extended over some 900 square miles 2 300 km2 around the eastern coast of Van Diemen Gulf Their northern extend lay beyond Murgenella Creek and in the vicinity of Cooper Creek while their southern frontier was close to the East Alligator River 5 Mythology editFurther information Aboriginal Australian mythology According to the widespread creation story of the Cobourg Peninsula dreamtime the Amurdak Umoriu descended from Imberombera deposited who children at a place near Cooper Creek known as Mamul One of the children was called Kominuuru and on leaving she told them to speak Amurdak and an edible bulb called murarowa 6 Alternative names editAmarag Amuruk Amurag Amurrak Ngamurak Ngamurag Nga mu rak Umoriu Monobar 5 A moordiyu Amardak Amurdag Amurtak Amuruk Mamurug Namurug Umoreo Umorrdak Wardadjbak Woraidbug Wureidbug 2 Notes editCitations edit Tindale 1974 p 141 a b Amurdak 2018 Schmid 2007 Dixon 2002 p xlii a b Tindale 1974 p 220 Spencer 1914 p 277 Sources editDixon Robert M W 2002 Australian Languages Their Nature and Development Vol 1 Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 47378 1 Schmid Randolph E 18 September 2007 Researchers Say Many Languages Are Dying The Washington Post Associated Press Simons Gary F Fennig Charles D eds 2018 Amurdak Ethnologue Languages of the World 21st ed Ethnologue Spencer Baldwin 1914 Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia PDF London Macmillan Publishers Tindale Norman Barnett 1974 Amarak NT Aboriginal Tribes of Australia Their Terrain Environmental Controls Distribution Limits and Proper Names Australian National University ISBN 978 0 708 10741 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amurdak amp oldid 1122643091, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
