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.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aboriginal Australian people → Indigenous people of Australia →
country	Australia →
culturallyCloseTo	Pitjantjatjara →
endonym	Yankunytjatjara →
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 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	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 (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Uluru →	associatedPeople
Yankunytjatjara →	endonym
Pitjantjatjara →	relatedGroup