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Kamilaroi

American  
[kah-mee-lah-roi] / ˈkɑ miˌlɑ rɔɪ /

noun

  1. an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in northern New South Wales.


Kamilaroi British  
/ ˈkæmələrɔɪ /

noun

  1. an Australian Aboriginal language formerly used in NW New South Wales

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"A lot of the messaging after this is that reconciliation is dead... There's no hope for tomorrow," said Myles Jerrard, a Kamilaroi Dhungutti man who opposed the Voice too.

From BBC Oct. 15, 2023

But Bradley Moggridge, a Kamilaroi environmental scientist at the University of Canberra in Australia, says Indigenous Australians should be involved now—especially Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples, who were themselves hunted by white settlers in the 19th century.

From Scientific American Aug. 16, 2022

Kid Laroi derived his sobriquet from the Indigenous Australian nation Kamilaroi; his mother is of Aboriginal descent.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2021

The natives living in the north of Sidney, and speaking the Kamilaroi language, are best known under this aspect, through the capital work of Lorimer Fison and A.W.

From Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution by Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin, Prince

The Euahlayi language, or dialect, is not identical with that of the great Kamilaroi tribe to their south-east, but is clearly allied with it, many names of animals being the same in both tongues.

From The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) Parker

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