Ngaanyatjarra dialect
| Ngaanyatjarra | |
|---|---|
| Ngaanjatjarra, Ngaanyatjara, Nyanganyatjara | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Western Australia; Warburton Ranges. |
| Ethnicity | Ngaanyatjarra |
Native speakers | 1,091 (2016 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ntj |
| Glottolog | ngaa1240 |
| AIATSIS[2] | A38 |
| ELP | Ngaanyatjarra |
Ngaanyatjarra (also Ngaanyatjara, Ngaanjatjarra) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family. It is one of the dialects of the Western Desert Language and is very similar to its close neighbour Ngaatjatjarra, with which it is highly mutually intelligible.
Most Ngaanyatjarra people live in one of the communities of Warburton, Warakurna, Tjukurla, Papulankutja (Blackstone), Mantamaru (Jameson) or Kaltukatjara (Docker River). Some have moved to Cosmo Newbery and Laverton in the Eastern Goldfields area of Western Australia.
Origin of the name
The name Ngaanyatjarra derives from the word ngaanya 'this' which, combined with the comitative suffix -tjarra means "having ngaanya (as the word for 'this')". This distinguishes it from its near neighbour Ngaatjatjarra, which has ngaatja for 'this'.
Notes
Citations
- ^ ABoS 2016.
- ^ A38 Ngaanyatjarra at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Sources
- "2016 Census QuickStats: Laverton - Ngaanyatjarraku - Surrounds". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- Glass, Amee; Hackett, Dorothy (1979). Ngaanyatjarra texts. New Revised edition of Pitjantjatjara texts (1969). Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. ISBN 0-391-01683-0.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Glass, Amee; Hackett, Dorothy (2003). Ngaanyatjarra & Ngaatjatjarra to English Dictionary. Alice Springs: IAD press. ISBN 1-86465-053-2.
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External links
- ELAR archive of Western Desert Special Speech Styles Project