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adj
Of or pertaining to the Yankunytjatjara people, culture, or language.
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Usage: not-comparable
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name
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.
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noun
An Aboriginal Australian people of the state of South Australia.
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Usage: plural, plural-only
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History
From Yankunytjatjara Yankunytjatjara, from yankunytja + tjara, literally 'having (the word) "yankunytja" (as opposed to the word pitjantja)'.
