Pitjantjatjara
/pɪt͡ʃənt͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaːrə/ adj, name
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to the Pitjantjatjara language or people. not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 1 An Aboriginal language, mainly spoken in central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (Pama-Nyungan subfamily).
- 2 The Western Desert language group as a whole.
Etymology
From Pitjantjatjara Pitjantjatjara, from pitjantja + tjara (literally “having (the word) pitjantja”) (as opposed to the word yankunytja).