The Pitjantjatjara (/ˌpɪtʃəntʃəˈtʃɑːrə/; Pitjantjatjara: [ˈpɪɟanɟaɟaɾa] or [ˈpɪɟanɟaɾa]) are an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert near...
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Pitjantjatjara (/pɪtʃəntʃəˈtʃɑːrə/ pih-chən-chə-CHAR-ə; Pitjantjatjara: [ˈpɪɟanɟaɟaɾa] or [ˈpɪɟanɟaɾa]) is a dialect of the Western Desert language traditionally...
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Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, also known as APY, APY Lands or the Lands, is a large, sparsely-populated local government area (LGA) for Aboriginal...
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Uluru (category Articles containing Pitjantjatjara-language text)
Uluru (/ˌuːləˈruː/; Pitjantjatjara: Uluṟu [ˈʊlʊɻʊ]), also known as Ayers Rock (/ˈɛərz/ AIRS) and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, is a large...
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Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 (APYLRA or APY Land Rights Act) grants certain land and other rights to the Anangu Pitjantjatjara...
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Aṉangu (category Pitjantjatjara)
several distinct "tribes" or peoples, in particular the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara groups, is pronounced with the stress on the first...
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Pukatja, South Australia (category Articles containing Pitjantjatjara-language text)
Pukatja (formerly Ernabella, Pitjantjatjara: Anapala) is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia...
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Ngarutjaranya (category Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara)
mountain in the Australian state of South Australia, located in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in the state's northwest. It is South Australia's...
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Sand drawing (section Pitjantjatjara (Milpatjunanyi))
often intentionally changed details of original sand paintings. In the Pitjantjatjara dialect of North Central Australia, the word Milpatjunanyi means "the...
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Yankunytjatjara dialect (category Articles containing Pitjantjatjara-language text)
language and is very similar to the better known, more widely spoken Pitjantjatjara. According to a study carried out mainly in Coober Pedy where many speakers...
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Indulkana (category Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara)
Iwantja, from Iwantja Creek) is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, comprising one of the six...
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community 339 Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Pukatja (Ernabella) aboriginal community 332 1938 Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Amata aboriginal...
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are Pitjantjatjara but there are also associated Yankunytjatjara, Luritja, and Ngaanyatjarra people with the languages spoken being Pitjantjatjara, Luritja...
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combine modern electric-soul music with Aboriginal culture and sing in Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and English. The duo have released an EP and several...
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Kata Tjuta (category Articles containing Pitjantjatjara-language text)
Kata Tjuṯa (Pitjantjatjara: Kata Tjuṯa, lit. 'many heads'; Aboriginal pronunciation: [kɐtɐ cʊʈɐ]), also known as The Olgas and officially gazetted as Kata...
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Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole), Djambarrpuyngu (a Yolŋu language) and Pitjantjatjara (a Western Desert language) were among the most widely spoken. NILS...
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wardaruka", meaning grubs of the wardaruka (Acacia ligulata) shrub. The Pitjantjatjara name is "maku". It has been suggested that the word "witchetty" comes...
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Kaltjiti (category Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara)
Kaltjiti (formerly Fregon) is an Aboriginal community in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY lands) in South Australia, comprising one of the six...
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Australians from different groups, including the Kogara, the Mirning and the Pitjantjatjara. Aboriginal populations have been increasing in this region. Young Indigenous...
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known as Tommy Watson, was an Indigenous Australian artist, of the Pitjantjatjara people from Australia's central western desert. He was described by...
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Mintabie, South Australia (category Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara)
Mintabie is an opal mining community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY lands) in South Australia. It was unique in comparison to other...
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dialects; the names of some of these have become quite well known (such as Pitjantjatjara) and they are often referred to as "languages". As the whole group of...
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Musgrave Ranges (category Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara)
Central Australia, straddling the boundary of South Australia (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) and the Northern Territory (MacDonnell Shire), extending...
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Wiradjuri wijugla. In Central Australia south of Alice Springs, the Pitjantjatjara term is kakalyalya. Names recorded from South Australia include kukkalulla...
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Sammy Tjapanangka Butcher is an Pitjantjatjara–Warlpiri musician who formed the Warumpi Band. Butcher was born at Papunya, Northern Territory in Central...
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Nyanpi Matilda, a Pitjantjatjara version of Waltzing Matilda. He is from Pukatja, South Australia and sings in both Pitjantjatjara and English. He was...
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Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 5 December 2023. In Pitjantjatjara and English; another version also published in Ngaanyatjarra and English...
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Yankunytjatjara was added as a way to honour his community in Mimili in Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, also known as APY. It was written in 2019 as a potential...
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Strait Creole) (7,596 speakers), Kriol (7,403), Djambarrpuyngu (3,839), Pitjantjatjara (3,399), Warlpiri (2,592), Murrinh Patha (2,063) and Tiwi (2,053). There...
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the Northern Territory plus remote South Australia (within the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands), later specializing and becoming a key practitioner...
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