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List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin |
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List of English words of Australian Aboriginal originWords of Australian Aboriginal origin, have entered many languages. Many such words have entered Australian English, and are considered native words. Some of those words have in turn been exported from Australian English to other branches of the English language and to other languages. For example: The accepted English common names of a number of species of animal and plant endemic to Australia are simply their Australian Aboriginal names.Flora and fauna barramundi - bogong - budgerigar - cunjevoi - galah - indigenous - kookaburra - marri - Others cooee - gibber - humpy - jackeroo - waddy - wurley - yabber - yakka - Aboriginal-sounding words not of Aboriginal origin bandicoot - didgeridoo - goanna - Nullarbor -
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