Burarra

Burarra

The Burarra are an Aboriginal people of Maningrida, in the Northern Territory in Australia. They speak the Djinang language, which is a non-Pama-Nyungan language.

Questacon, Australia's National Science and Technology Centre in Canberra, has produced a traditional indigenous technology website in conjunction with the Burarra people, called Burarra Gathering.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bvr Burarra on www.ethnologue.com]
* [http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/home.html Burarra Gathering]
* [http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=bvr Burarra entry in the Linguist List]
* [http://globalrecordings.net/language/4506 Burarra on GRN (Global Recordings Network)]


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