Ngaatjatjarra language
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| Ngaatjatjarra | ||
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| Spoken in: | Western Australia | |
| Total speakers: | 500 | |
| Language family: | Australian Pama-Nyungan South-West Wati Ngaatjatjarra |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | aus | |
| ISO 639-3: | — | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Ngaatjatjarra is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large South-West branch of the Pama-Nyungan family. It is one of the dialects of the Western Desert Language and is very similar to its close neighbour Ngaanyatjarra, with which it is highly mutually intelligible.
Most Ngaatjatjarra people live in one of the communities of Warburton, Warakurna, Tjukurla or Docker River.
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[edit] Origin of the name
The name Ngaatjatjarra derives from the word ngaatja 'this' which, combined with the comitative suffix -tjarra means something like ' ngaatja-having'. This distinguishes it from its near neighbour Ngaanyatjarra which has ngaanya for 'this'.
[edit] See also
Ngaatjatjarra (the article Ngaatjatjarra language should be merged with Ngaatjatjarra so to make it look similar to other identical entries, such as Pitjantjatjara etc.)
[edit] References
- Glass, Amee and Hackett, Dorothy. 2003. Ngaanyatjarra & Ngaatjatjarra to English Dictionary. IAD press, Alice Springs. ISBN 1-86465-053-2
[edit] External links
- Handbook of Western Aboriginal languages of the South Kimberley Region
- Ngaatjatjarra entry in the AusAnthrop database
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