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adj
Of or pertaining to the Pitjantjatjara language or people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
An Aboriginal language, mainly spoken in central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (Pama-Nyungan subfamily).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Pitjantjara
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name
The Western Desert language group as a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: erroneous
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History
From Pitjantjatjara Pitjantjatjara, from pitjantja + tjara (literally “having (the word) pitjantja”) (as opposed to the word yankunytja).
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
