Английская Википедия:Djerait

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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

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