Gurindji

/ ɡʊˈrɪndʒɪ /

noun

1. an Aboriginal people of N central Australia

2. the language of this people

Example Sentences

Three years later, a different government struck a deal with a British cattle company to return to the Gurindji people a lease over their traditional land.

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Paech, who is of Aranda and Gurindji descent, said while there were many places in Alice Springs that were welcoming, he had often experienced different attitudes when booking rooms on behalf of his constituents.

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He also committed to legislate for Indigenous Australians land rights, mostly famously by the move in August 1975 to return traditional lands in the Northern Territory to the Gurindji people.

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In Gurindji, Monday is calledwajintayi, from washing day.

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Gurindji has doubled up some words: calf has become kaapikaapi, and pig — or piggy— is pikipiki.

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