Ethnologue

Ngaanyatjarra

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Ngaanjatjarra, Ngaanyatjara, Western Desert Language

Population

1,000 (2006 census).

Location

Western Australia state: Warburton ranges; Northern Territory: southwest corner.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Language Use

Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Kukatja [kux], Pintiini [pti].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 11%. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1991.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].