Pitjantjatjara | |
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Native to | Australia |
Region | Northwest South Australia, Pitjantjatjara freehold lands, Yalata; southwest corner, Northern Territory; also in Western Australia. |
Native speakers | 3,125 (2016 census)[1] 80% monolingual (no date) |
Pama–Nyungan
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pjt |
Glottolog | pitj1243 |
AIATSIS[2] | C6 |
ELP | Pitjantjatjara |
Pitjantjatjara (Aboriginal pronunciation: [ˈb̥ɪɟanɟaɟaɾa] or [ˈb̥ɪɟanɟaɾa]) is one of the Western Desert languages of Australia. It is often considered a dialect. It is spoken by the Pitjantjatjara people of central Australia. It is mutually intelligible with other languages of the Western Desert and is very closely related to the Yankunytjatjara language.
The name of the people comes from their word for coming/going: pitjantja.