Английская Википедия:Gambalang
Шаблон:Use dmy dates The Gambalang are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
Though many speakers now use Bininj Kunwok dialect in their daily lives, their ancestral language Gambalang belongs to the Gunwinggic branch of the non-Pama-Nyungan Macro-Gunwinyguan languages. The language is at risk of extinction, with only 40 surviving speakers, its grammar has been described recently by Ivan Kapitonov.Шаблон:Sfn
Country
Norman Tindale estimate their tribal territory as covering some Шаблон:Convert On the coast between Hawkesbury Point and Junction Bay. Their inland extension ran to about Шаблон:Convert as far as Table Hill.Шаблон:Sfn To their east across the estuary opening out into the Arafura Sea were the Gunavidji, the Gungorogone lay southeast, while the Kunwinjku were to their immediate south, on the west bank of the Liverpool River.Шаблон:Sfn
Notable people
- Xavier Clarke, Australian rules footballer.Шаблон:Sfn
Alternative names
- GunbalangШаблон:Sfn
- Gunbulan
- WalangШаблон:Sfn
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Шаблон:Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory
