Pitjantjatjara | Ethnologue

A language of Australia

ISO 639: pjt
Alternate Names: Pitjantjara, Pitjantjatjarra
Autonym: Pitjantjatjara
Population: 4,050, all users. L1 users: 3,550 (2016 census). 3,130 Pitjantjatjara and 420 Yankunytjatjara (2016 census). L2 users: 500. 2,580 monolinguals (2006).
Location:: Northern Territory: southwest corner; South Australia state: Pitjantjatjara freehold lands, Yalata; Western Australia state.
Language Status: 4 (Educational).
Classification: Australian, Pama-Nyungan, South-West, Wati
Dialects: Yankunytjatjara, Pitjantjatjara (Pithantjatjarra).
Language Use: Most also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Pintiini [pti], Yankunytjatjara [kdd].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%–70%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%–15%. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 2002.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Pitjantjatjara
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Northern Territory: southwest corner; South Australia state: Pitjantjatjara freehold lands, Yalata; Western Australia state.