Western Desert language

E295953
Australian Aboriginal language Pama–Nyungan language language continuum

Western Desert language is a large group of closely related Australian Aboriginal languages spoken across central and western Australia, including varieties such as Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Western Desert language canonical 5
Western Desert language group 5
Western Desert language continuum 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ
language continuum ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
ethnicity Western Desert cultural bloc ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert peoples
hasAlternativeName Wati ⓘ
Wati languages ⓘ
Western Desert language ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert languages
hasDialect Kartujarra ⓘ
Kukatja ⓘ
Kuwarra ⓘ
Luritja people ⓘ
surface form: Luritja

Manyjilyjarra ⓘ
Ngaanyatjarra ⓘ
Ngaanyatjarra ⓘ
surface form: Ngaatjatjarra

Pintupi people ⓘ
surface form: Pintupi

Pitjantjatjara ⓘ
Wangkajunga ⓘ
Wangkatha ⓘ
Kukatja ⓘ
surface form: Wangkatja

Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
Yulparija ⓘ
hasGlottologCode west2440 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Western Desert region ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert
hasISO639Code aus ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature retroflex consonants ⓘ
three-vowel system ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Ngaanyatjarra ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
isPartOf Aboriginal languages ⓘ
surface form: Australian Indigenous languages
languageBranch Southwest Pama languages ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Pama–Nyungan
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
region Western Desert region ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert
spokenIn Australia ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
central Australia ⓘ
western Australia ⓘ
subclassOf Western Desert language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert languages
usedFor ceremonial purposes ⓘ
everyday communication ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yankunytjatjara → languageFamily → Western Desert language ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara → languageFamily → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert language group
Pama–Nyungan languages → hasSubgroup → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Desert languages
Pitjantjatjara people → languageFamily → Western Desert language ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara language → languageBranch → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert language group
Pitjantjatjara language → isPartOf → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert language continuum
Yankunytjatjara language → subfamilyOf → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert language group
Yankunytjatjara language → partOf → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert language continuum
Western Desert language → subclassOf → Western Desert language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert languages
Western Desert language → hasAlternativeName → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert languages
Western Desert region → languageFamilyRegionFor → Western Desert language ⓘ
Western Desert art → languageRegion → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert language group
Ngaanyatjarra → subfamily → Western Desert language ⓘ
Ngaanyatjarra → isPartOf → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert language continuum
Martu people → languageGroup → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert language continuum
Yankunytjatjara people → partOf → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert language group
Yankunytjatjara people → languageSubgroup → Western Desert language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Desert languages
Luritja people → languageFamily → Western Desert language ⓘ