Our word of the week is Niuri

According to SURVEY FORMS AND CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA REGARDING ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES, 1899-1903, 1921-1926 Niuri means “brown snake”

According to the David R Horton map, Niuri most likely originated from the Nganyaywana Language group.

Please comment any facts you know about the Nganyaywana Language.

It is important to note that these records were written in most cases about Aboriginal languages by non - Aboriginal people. For this reason, the written words may not accurately reflect the ways in which an oral language was spoken and transmitted.