The Nunggubuyu are an Aboriginal Australian people of eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
10-558: Nunggubuyu may refer to: Nunggubuyu people Nunggubuyu language Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nunggubuyu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nunggubuyu&oldid=347087780 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
20-412: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nunggubuyu people Nunggubuyu also called Wubuy is a non-Pama Nyungan language characterized by head marking with an intricate verb prefix morphology, bound pronominal forms for subject and object and prefixed noun classes. Together with Anindilyagwa it shares the distinction of being one of
30-516: The Mandaridja , whose myths suggest experimentation and change. They mirror in some respects the dua / yiridja moiety structures of the Yolngu of northeast Arnhem Land. For this reason Mandaridja people absorb into their totemic systems things that are of foreign provenance, such as ships, planes and tractors. There are two mytho-ritual complexes divided among these respective moieties. The Mandayung are
40-597: The Warndarang , extinct now as a distinct language group though descendants of several clans of the latter were absorbed by the Nunggubuyu. As elsewhere in Australia, kinship and descent are dominant concerns of Nunggubuyu society. However they do not share the very frequent system of sections and subsections that determine affinal relations in many Australian tribes, but rather interpersonal genealogical relationships undergird
50-503: The language fluently. Intensive follow-up work, resulting in two major monographs, was undertaken by Jeffrey Heath in the 1970s. The Nunggubuyu's traditional lands extended over some 2,700 square miles (7,000 km ) southwards from Cape Barrow and Harris Creek to the coastal area opposite Edward Island, and their western boundaries were formed by the Rose and Walker Rivers . The Nunggubuyu had very important cultural and economic ties with
60-487: The most grammatically complicated Australian languages . It has at least 28 loanwords from Makassarese language . Its affiliation with other native Australian languages is disputed. Some speak of a Nunggubuyu–Ngandi language family, or of it belonging to a larger Gunwingguan language family. The first dictionary of the language was written by the missionary Earl Hughes, who lived among the Nunggubuy for 17 years and spoke
70-598: The proprietors of the Gunabibi (Kunapipi) cult, while the Mandaridja control the "Ru:1" cult. Kunapipi Kunapipi , also spelt Gunabibi , ('womb') is a mother goddess and the patron deity of many heroes in Australian Aboriginal mythology . Kunapipi gave birth to human beings as well as to most animals and plants. Now a vague, otiose , spiritual being, "the old woman" ( Kadjeri ) once emerged from
80-505: The social structure. This feature, anomalous for the area, is one the Nunggubuyu share with Papuan and Melanasian peoples, such as the Marind-Anim people. The society is structured by a four-fold division covering moieties , phratries, clans and patriarchal lineages . There are two moieties: the Mandayung (with myths that tend to associate it with continuity and dispute resolution) and
90-575: The waters and travelled across the land with a band of heroes and heroines, and during the ancestral period she gave birth to men and women as well as creating the natural species. She could transform herself either into a male or female version of the Rainbow Serpent . The Kunapipi cult seems to have arisen among tribes in the Roper and Rose River areas. In the Alawa version, she is said to have emerged from
100-450: The waters. From there, it is thought to have gradually spread north-east into Arnhem Land , where it existed as a complementary masculine form with Djanggawul , a female figure. According to Tony Swain, Kunapipi traditions, especially regarding her northern origins, reflect the impact of Sulawesi/Macassar influences, via contacts with trepang traders, and possibly the pre-Islamic rice mother cult, which survived down to modern times among
#427572