Talk:Pitjantjatjara (linguistics)

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[edit] Monolinguals

I see that Ethnologue claims that only about 20% of Pitjantjatjara speakers know English, the rest being monolingual. I'm afraid I can't believe that (based on my own experience)--I'll find some other references which discuss the issue. Dougg 08:13, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The lnaguage itself

Phonology? Grammar? ANYTHING??67.170.176.203 04:24, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Eventually, I hope, grammatical information particular to this dialect will be included here but I think it might be best to have a pointer to Western Desert Language for general phonology, grammar, etc. Dougg 09:35, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article name

Would this article not be better at Pitjantjatjara language ?

Ethnologue gives these two citations, and there appear to be more from consulting Google scholar.

  • Eckert, Paul and Joyce Hudson. 1988. Wangka wiru: a handbook for the Pitjantjatjara language learner.
  • Payne, Doris. 1993. Review of: Categories, constituents and constituent order in Pitjantjatjara: an aboriginal language of Australia, by Heather J. Bowe.

Any objections? - Francis Tyers ยท 16:10, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

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