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    Here are the 3 Barngarla words for various types of SHARK:

    • Gadalyili

    • Goonya

    • Walgara

     

    Here is the Barngarla word for WHALE:

    •Wada

     

    There might have been a specific Barngarla word for

    “southern right whale”

    (known in Latin as Eubalaena australis):

    •Namana (Southern Right Whale)

     

    When a Barngarla person sees a whale, s/he can shout:

    •Ganggaroo! (Whale!)