Pitjantjatjara

See also: pitjantjatjara

English

Etymology

From Pitjantjatjara Pitjantjatjara, from pitjantja + tjara, literally "having (the word) pitjantja" (as opposed to the word yankunytja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪt͡ʃənt͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaːrə/

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Proper noun

Pitjantjatjara

1. An Aboriginal language, mainly spoken in central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (Pama-Nyungan subfamily).

   Synonym: Pitjantjara

2. (erroneous) The Western Desert language group as a whole.

Translations

the aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮堅加加拉印地安語／皮坚加加拉印地安语 (Píjiānjiājiālā yìndì'ān yǔ)

• Dutch: Pitjantjatjara (nl)
• Faroese: pitjantjatjara
• Finnish: pitjantjatjara (fi)
• German: Pitjantjatjara n
• Japanese: ピチャンチャチャラ語 (Pichanchachara-go)
• Korean: 피짠짜짜라어 (Pijjanjjajjara'eo)
• Pitjantjatjara: Pitjantjatjara
• Portuguese: pitjantjatjara (pt)
• Russian: питьянтьятья́ра (ru) m or f (pitʹjantʹjatʹjára)
• Slovak: pitjantjatjara f
• Swedish: pitjantjatjara (sv)
• Yankunytjatjara: Pitjantjatjara

Adjective

Pitjantjatjara (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Pitjantjatjara language or people.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Pitjantjatjara, pjt ⁠
• Colin Yallop, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Andrew Deutsch, 1982, →ISBN.

Pitjantjatjara

Etymology

pitjantja +‎ tjara, literally "having (the word) pitjantja" (as opposed to the word yankunytja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpicancacara/, [ˈpɪcɐncɐcɐrɐ]

Proper noun

Pitjantjatjara

1. Pitjantjatjara

Yankunytjatjara

Etymology

From or cognate to Pitjantjatjara Pitjantjatjara.

Proper noun

Pitjantjatjara

1. Pitjantjatjara