Ngaanyatjarra dialect
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Not to be confused with Nyanganyatjara dialect.
Ngaanyatjarra (IPA: [ˈŋɐːn̪ɐt̪ɐrɐ]; also Ngaanyatjara, Ngaanjatjarra) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family. It is one of the dialects of the Western Desert Language and is very similar to its close neighbour Ngaatjatjarra, with which it is highly mutually intelligible.
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Ngaanyatjarra | |
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Native to | Australia |
Region | Western Australia; Warburton Ranges. |
Ethnicity | Ngaanyatjarra |
Native speakers | 1,051 (2021 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ntj |
Glottolog | ngaa1240 |
AIATSIS[2] | A38 |
ELP | Ngaanyatjarra |
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Most Ngaanyatjarra people live in one of the communities of Warburton, Warakurna, Tjukurla, Papulankutja (Blackstone), Mantamaru (Jameson) or Kaltukatjara (Docker River). Some have moved to Cosmo Newbery and Laverton in the Eastern Goldfields area of Western Australia.