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Wangaibon

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The Wangaibon are a tribe of Indigenous Australians who traditionally lived between Nyngan, the headwaters of Bogan Creek and on Tigers Camp and Boggy Cowal creeks and west to Ivanhoe, New South Wales.

Language

The spoke the Ngiyambaa language.

To distinguish themselves from other language groups in the area, they refer to themselves as the people who speak Ngiyampaa the Wongaibon way], that is, they use the word wangaay for "no". They are one of a number of language groups in Central NSW that use No to refer to themelves.

Like other Ngiyampaa people they also referred to themselves according to their home country.

References

Wangaibon Wikipedia