Английская Википедия:Djerait
Шаблон:Use dmy dates The Djerait were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory
Language
The Djerait language was said to have been mutually intelligible with that of the Mulluk-Mulluk who spoke a Daly river language, being as distant as ancient Greek dialects were to each other. And it was also said to be interchangeable with that spoken by the Pongaponga.Шаблон:Sfn
Country
According to Norman Tindale, the Djerait occupied some Шаблон:Convert of tribal land on the north shores of Anson Bay, extending north to Point Blaze.Шаблон:Sfn Neighbouring tribes were the Mulluk-Mulluk, the Madngella the Pongaponga and the Wogait.Шаблон:Sfn
People
The Jesuit missionary Donald Mackillop stated that the Djerait were a "small but intelligent tribe".Шаблон:Sfn
Some words
- yinnung delluk (bamboo nose stick)Шаблон:Sfn
- wennu. (conical helmet smeared with pipe clay and topped with a bone to which an emu plume is affixed)Шаблон:Sfn
- barang (dangerous night spirit, noseless and with blanks for facial eyes, with two organs on the back for seeing at great distances.'Шаблон:Sfn
Alternative names
- Tjerait
- Cherait, CheriteШаблон:Sfn
- SheraitШаблон:Sfn
- Jeerite
- Scherits
- TjirasШаблон:Sfn
- Paperbark nativesШаблон:Sfn
Notes
Citations
Sources
- Шаблон:Cite journal
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Шаблон:Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory