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Pitjantjatjara (/ p ɪ tʃ ən tʃ ə ˈ tʃ ɑː r ə /; [3] Pitjantjatjara: [ˈpɪɟanɟaɟaɾa] or [ˈpɪɟanɟaɾa]) [4] is a dialect of the Western Desert language traditionally spoken by the Pitjantjatjara people of Central Australia.
The name Pitjantjatjara derives from the word pitjantja, a nominalised form of the verb "go" (equivalent to the English "going" used as a noun). Combined with the comitative suffix -tjara, it means something like "pitjantja-having" (i.e. the variety that uses the word pitjantja for "going").
It is now used as an Aboriginal endonym by a wide range of Western Desert Language (WDL) peoples to describe themselves. [1] It is rarely or never applied to non-Aboriginal people when used in English, although the word now has a dual meaning in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara .
Yankunytjatjara is one of the many dialects of the Western Desert language and is very similar to the better known, more widely spoken Pitjantjatjara. [4] According to a study carried out mainly in Coober Pedy where many speakers of both varieties reside (although the town is on what was traditionally Arabana lands), young speakers of Yankunytjatjara often borrow words from English and also ...
1 Language. 2 Country. 3 ... English. Read; Edit; ... Yankunytjatjara kinship terminology shares many common terms with the words for kinship in the Pintupi and ...
Kata Tjuta, in the Pitjantjatjara dialect, is the traditional Aboriginal name for the formation.The alternative name, The Olgas, comes from the tallest peak, Mount Olga.. At the behest of Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, Mount Olga was named in 1872 by Ernest Giles, in honour of Queen Olga of Württemberg (born Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas
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Pukatja (formerly Ernabella, Pitjantjatjara: Anapala) is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, comprising one of the six main communities on "The Lands" (the others being Amata, Pipalyatjara, Fregon/Kaltjiti, Indulkana and Mimili).