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The story of how the Creation being, Marrga (Praying Mantis) made the snake, Bargumyi become slow, sluggish and a night hunter in rocks around water.
Text in Yindjibarndi, Aboriginal English and standard Australian English.
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Language:Aboriginal YindjibarndiAIATSIS ref. (W37) (WA SF50-07), English
Notes:
The Yindjibarndi spelling and pronunciation is taken from Janet Sharp and Nicholas Theiberger's Bilybara. The languages of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Published by Wangka Maya, The Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre and is as used in Bruce Anderson's Yindjibarndi Dictionary.
