Warki
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The Warki are a tribe of the Ngarrindjeri Australian Aboriginal people of southern Australia.
Language
[edit | edit source]The Warki spoke a dialect variety of Ngarrindjeri.[1][2]
Country
[edit | edit source]The Warki traditionally inhabited the area around the north and western areas of Lake Alexandrina, from Grote Hill as far as Currency Creek. Norman Tindale estimated their lands at 300 square miles (780 km2). They were also present on the eastern and western extremities of Hindmarsh Island.[1][3]
Social organization
[edit | edit source]The Warki were composed of at least 8 clans:
- Korowalle[1]
Alternative names
[edit | edit source]- Warkend
- Wakend
- Koraulun[4] (Jarildekald exonym for the Korowalle clan)
- Milang dialect[1]
Notes
[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d Tindale 1974, p. 219.
- ^ Brown 1918, pp. 226–227.
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