Pitjantjatjara language
E274963
The Pitjantjatjara language is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Pitjantjatjara people of central Australia, particularly in parts of South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pitjantjatjara language canonical | 8 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ Western Desert language ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Yankunytjatjara people
ⓘ
surface form:
Anangu
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ngaanyatjarra language
ⓘ
Ngaanyatjarra language ⓘ
surface form:
Ngaatjatjarra language
Yankunytjatjara language ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| governingBodyOrSupport | Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara organizations ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Pitjantjatjara ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceFor | Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Ngaanyatjarra
ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara ⓘ |
| hasDomain | Indigenous Australian culture ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
case-marking suffixes
ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment (largely) ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasMediaUse |
used in community publications
ⓘ
used in local radio broadcasts ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
laminal consonants
ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ three-vowel system ⓘ |
| hasReligiousUse | used in Bible translations ⓘ |
| hasStandardOrthography | community-developed Latin-based orthography ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
actively spoken
ⓘ
endangered to varying degrees in some communities ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Ngaanyatjarra language
ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | pjt ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Western Desert language
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Desert language continuum
|
| languageBranch |
Western Desert language
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Desert language group
|
| languageFamily |
Pama–Nyungan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Pama–Nyungan
|
| preserves |
Dreaming stories
ⓘ
traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| region |
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands
ⓘ
surface form:
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands
|
| spokenBy | Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Northern Territory
ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ Western Australia ⓘ central Australia ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial songs
ⓘ
everyday communication ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | bilingual education programs in central Australia ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.