What is Pitjantjatjara language?
{{Infobox language |name=Pitjantjatjara |state=Australia |region=Northwest [[South Australia]], Pitjantjatjara freehold lands, Yalata; southwest corner, [[Northern Territory]]; also in [[Western Australia]]. |speakers=3,125 |date=2016 census |ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stat.data.abs.gov.au/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ABS_C16_T09_SA|title=Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)|last=ABS|website=stat.data.abs.gov.au|language=en-au|access-date=2017-10-30|archive-date=2018-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226044803/http://stat.data.abs.gov.au/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ABS_C16_T09_SA|url-status=dead}}</ref> |speakers2= 80% [[monolingual]] (no date) |familycolor=Australian |fam1=[[Pama–Nyungan languages|Pama–Nyungan]] |fam2=[[Wati languages|Wati]] |fam3=[[Western Desert Language|Western Desert]] |iso3=pjt |glotto=pitj1243 |glottorefname=Pitjantjatjara |script=[[Latin script|Latin]] |notice=IPA |aiatsis=C6 }} '''Pitjantjatjara''' ({{IPA-aus|ˈb̥ɪɟanɟaɟaɾa}} or {{IPA-aus|ˈb̥ɪɟanɟaɾa|}}) is one of the [[Western Desert language|Western Desert]] [[language]]s of [[Australia]]. It is often considered a [[dialect]]. It is spoken by the [[Pitjantjatjara people]] of [[central Australia]]. It is [[mutual intelligibility|mutually intelligible]] with other languages of the Western Desert and is very closely related to the [[Yankunytjatjara|Yankunytjatjara language]]. The name of the people comes from their word for coming/going: ''{{lang|pjt|pitjantja}}''. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Incubator|code=pjt}} *[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pjt Ethnologue] *[http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/uluru/tjukurpa/anangu.html Languages and dialects associated with Uluru] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828052332/http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/uluru/tjukurpa/anangu.html |date=2006-08-28 }} {{stub}} [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Pitjantjatjara|Language]]