Arunta

/ɑːˈrʊntə/ noun

Definition

An Australian Aboriginal people historically inhabiting central Australia, also known as Arrernte.

Etymology

From the Arrernte language (an Australian Aboriginal language), meaning 'the people' or referring to their territorial grouping; also spelled Aranda or Arrernte in modern usage.

Kelly Says

The Arunta were famous in early anthropology because a 1927 study made them sound 'primitive'—but their actual kinship systems are so mathematically complex modern sociologists still study them.

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