Pitjantjatjara

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/

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

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.

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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

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Yankunytjatjara

Etymology

From or cognate to Pitjantjatjara Pitjantjatjara.

Proper noun

Pitjantjatjara

1. Pitjantjatjara