Pitjantjatjara

/pɪt͡ʃənt͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaːrə/ adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Pitjantjatjara language or people. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An Aboriginal language, mainly spoken in central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (Pama-Nyungan subfamily).
  2. 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).

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