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    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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    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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