Yankunytjatjara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Aboriginal Australian people of the state of South Australia.
name
  1. An Aboriginal language (or dialect), mainly spoken in central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (or language), which in turn belongs to the Pama-Nyungan subfamily.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Yankunytjatjara people, culture, or language.

Word forms

Yankunytjatjara Jangkundjara Yankuntjatjarra

Etymology

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

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