Yankunytjatjara

E60754
Aboriginal Australian people Indigenous people of Australia

Yankunytjatjara are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Western Desert region, closely related to the Pitjantjatjara and known for their distinct language and deep cultural ties to central Australian landscapes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yankunytjatjara canonical 11
Yankuntjatjara 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people ⓘ
Indigenous people of Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturallyCloseTo Pitjantjatjara ⓘ
endonym Yankunytjatjara self-link ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Australia ⓘ
hasArtTradition Western Desert art ⓘ
hasCommunity communities in northern South Australia ⓘ
communities near the South Australia–Northern Territory border ⓘ
hasConnectionTo desert waterholes ⓘ
sacred sites in central Australia ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial law ⓘ
songlines ⓘ
traditional hunting and gathering ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Western Desert cultural bloc ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert cultural region
hasCulturalTiesTo central Australian landscapes ⓘ
hasDreamingTraditions Tjukurpa ⓘ
hasKinshipSystemType Western Desert kinship system ⓘ
hasKnowledgeSystem detailed ecological knowledge of desert environments ⓘ
hasLanguageFeature mutual intelligibility with other Western Desert varieties ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus endangered ⓘ
hasOralTradition storytelling ⓘ
hasSocialOrganization clan-based ⓘ
hasTraditionalEconomy hunter-gatherer ⓘ
historicallyAffectedBy colonisation in central Australia ⓘ
isPartOfBroaderGroup Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
surface form: Anangu
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Western Desert language ⓘ
partOf Western Desert cultural bloc ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the Western Desert peoples ⓘ
region Central Australia ⓘ
Western Desert region ⓘ
relatedTo Ngaanyatjarra ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara ⓘ
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality ⓘ
sharesLanguageContinuumWith Ngaanyatjarra ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara ⓘ
sharesTjukurpaWith Pitjantjatjara ⓘ
other Western Desert peoples ⓘ
sharesWesternDesertCultureWith Ngaanyatjarra ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara ⓘ
speaks Yankunytjatjara language ⓘ
traditionalLand areas near the Everard Ranges ⓘ
areas near the Musgrave Ranges ⓘ
northern South Australia ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Yankunytjatjara language ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script (for modern orthography) ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Uluru → associatedPeople → Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara → endonym → Yankunytjatjara self-link ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara → relatedGroup → Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara language → hasDialects → Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara language → alternativeName → Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yankuntjatjara
Yankunytjatjara language → alternativeName → Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
Western Desert language → hasDialect → Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
Western Desert language → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
Tjukurpa → languageOfTerm → Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
Ngaanyatjarra → relatedGroup → Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Executive Board → languageOfWorkOrName → Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 (SA) → languageGroupBeneficiaries → Yankunytjatjara ⓘ