Also Known As: Ngaanyatjara,Nyanganyatjara,Ngaanjatjarra
Description:
Ngaanyatjarra (also Nyanganyatjara, Ngaanyatjara, Ngaanjatjarra) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large South-West branch of the Pama-Nyungan family. It is one of the dialects of the Western Desert Language and is very similar to its close neighbour Ngaatjatjarra, with which it is highly mutually intelligible.
Most Ngaanyatjarra people live in one of the communities of Warburton, Warakurna, Tjukurla, Papulankutja (Blackstone), Mantamaru (Jameson) or Kaltukatjara (Docker River). Some have moved to Cosmo Newberry and Laverton in the Eastern Goldfields area of Western Australia.
The name Ngaanyatjarra derives from the word ngaanya 'this' which, combined with the comitative suffix -tjarra means something like ' ngaanya-having'. This distinguishes it from its near neighbour Ngaatjatjarra which has ngaatja for 'this'...... full article at Wikipedia |