Pitjantjatjara

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Pitjantjara

Population

3,160, all users. L1 users: 2,660 (2006 census). L2 users: 500. 2,130 monolinguals.

Location

Northern Territory: southwest corner; South Australia state: Pitjantjatjara freehold lands, Yalata; Western Australia state.

Language Maps

Language Status

4 (Educational).

Classification

Dialects

Yankunytjatjara, Pitjantjatjara (Pithantjatjarra).

Language Use

Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Pintiini [pti], Yankunytjatjara [kdd].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 50%–70%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%–15%. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 2002.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].