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Wiradjuri
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *dhalañ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *calañ. Cognate with Ngiyambaa thalay and Gamilaraay thalay.
Noun
dhalayn
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1846, Horatio Hale, “Ethnography and philology”, in Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, volume VI:
1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:
1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34: