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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Australia > Arrarnta, Western

Arrarnta, Western

A language of Australia

ISO 639-3are

Population  1,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Region  Northern Territory, Alice Springs area, Hermannsburg.
Language map  Australia
Alternate names   Aranda, Arunta
Dialects  Western Aranda, Akerre (Akara), Southern Aranda. Similar to Alyawarr [aly], Kaytetye [gbb].
Classification  Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Arandic
Language use  Southern Aranda nearly extinct.
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1956.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  SOV. Hunter-gatherers.