Arrernte

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaɹəndə/, /ˈæɹəndə/

Proper noun

Arrernte

  1. An Australian Aboriginal people of central Australia, largely within the southern part of the Northern Territory.
    • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage 1998, p. 77:
      The hills lay on the northern edge of Aranda country: yet when Arkady sent word round the usual channels, no one wanted to claim them.
  2. A Pama-Nyungan language or group of related languages and dialects spoken by these people.

Noun

Arrernte (plural Arrerntes)

  1. A member of the Arrernte people of Northern Territory, Australia.

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