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

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