What is Kukatja?
'''Kukatja''' is an [[Ethnic group|ethno]]-[[Language|linguistic]] group of the [[Western Desert cultural bloc|Western Desert]] people in central [[Australia]]. The people who speak the Kukatja language live in the [[Tanami Desert|Tanami]] and [[Great Sandy Desert]]s in [[Western Australia]]. Their lands are south of [[Halls Creek, Western Australia|Halls Creek]], around [[Balgo]] and [[Lake Gregory]]. They neighbour the [[Pintupi]] and Ngarti (east), the Yulparitja and Walmatjarri (west), and the Jaru (north). In the 1996 census, about 580 people spoke the language.<ref>{{Ethnologue|code=kux}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Australian Aboriginal groups]]