Wurugag and Waramurungundi
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In Aboriginal mythology (specifically: Gunwinggu
), Wurugag and Waramurungundi are the first man and woman, respectively.
Waramurungundi gave birth to all living things and taught language
to the people of Australia
.
Gunwinggu
Kunwinjku, also spelt Gunwinggu or Gunwinjgu and also known as Bininj Gunwok or Mayali, is an Australian Aboriginal language in northern Australia...
), Wurugag and Waramurungundi are the first man and woman, respectively.
Waramurungundi gave birth to all living things and taught language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
to the people of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.