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Name: Pitjantjatjara
Alternate Names: Bidjandja; Bidjandjadjara; Bidjandjara; Bidjuwongga; Ituarre; Mamoo; Mamu; Mulatara; Nangatadjara; Partutu; Peechintarra; Pidjandja; Pid-jandjara; Pijandarra; Pitdjandjara; Pitjandjadjara; Pitjanjarra; Pitjantjara; Pitjanzazara; Pitjendadjara; Pitjentara; Pitjindjatjara; Pitjinjara; Pitjinjiara; Pitjintara; Pitjintjitjira; Pituari; Tjitiadjara; Wanudjara; Wirtjapakandja; Woŋga-pitja; Wongapitcha; Wongapitjira; Pitjandjara; Pitkindjara; Pitjindjiara; Pitjangjadjara
Spoken in: Australia
Number of speakers: 2,120 (1996 census). 80% monolingual (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 3000 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 2500 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: pjt
Code Authority: ISO 639-3
Code Standard: SIL
Families: Pama-Nyungan
Parent Subgroup: Wati; Wati Subgroup; Western Desert; Wati/Western Desert (wati)
Child Language: Teenage Pitjantjatjarra (1ko)
Child Dialects: Pitjantjatjara; Pithantjatjarra; Pitjandjara; Pitjangjadjara; Pitjindjatjara; Pitkindjara; Pitjindjiara; Pitjanzazara; Wongapitjira; Wongapitcha (pjt-pit) Yankunytjatjara; Jangkundjara; Jangundjara; Jankunzazzara; Wirtjapokandja; Yankunjatjara (pjt-yan)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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