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Dousset, Laurent, Harold Koch and Patrick McConvell. 2015. AustKin Database on Australian Aboriginal Kinship Systems and Systems of Social Organization: The Arabana language. http://www.austkin.net/language/421, accessed 2024-12-12.

Arabana

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AIATSIS Language code: L13

Alternative Spelling(s): (note that these are names or spellings through which this language may have been called in the litterature, but that they may be erroneous) Anna, Creek tribe, Arabana, Arabuna, Arapani, Arapina, Arebana, Arrabonna, Arrabunna, Arubbinna, Jendakarangu, Ngarabana, Nulla, Peake tribe, Rabuna, Urabuna, Urabunna, Urapuna, Urroban, Wangarabana, Wangarabuna, Wangarab.

Terminologies

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Social Categories

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MeBD,FeZD

Marriage Rules

Source(s):
Spencer, Baldwin and F.J. Gillen, 1899. The Native Tribes of Central Australia. London: Macmillan. [Reprint 1969 Anthropological Publications, Oosterhout N.B., The Netherlands]
First choice marriage: MeBD,FeZD

Marriage rules (note that these rules can be combined)
+ Bilateral
+ 1st CC
+ Senior