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ALSO KNOWN AS		Bidjandja, Bidjandjadjara, Bidjandjara, Bidjuwongga, Ituarre, Mamoo, Mamu, Mulatara, Nangatadjara, Partutu, Peechintarra, Pidjandja, Pid-jandjara, Pijandarra, Pitdjandjara, Pitjandjadjara, Pitjanjarra, Pitjantjara, Pitjanzazara, Pitjendadjara, Pitjentara, Pitjindjatjara, Pitjinjara, Pitjinjiara, Pitjintara, Pitjintjitjira, Pituari, Tjitiadjara, Wanudjara, Wirtjapakandja, Woŋga-pitja, Wongapitcha, Wongapitjira, Pitjandjara, Pitkindjara, Pitjindjiara, Pitjangjadjara
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Wati
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pjt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Central Australian Endangered Languages: So what?” (78-86) . Josephine Caffery (2010)

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Central Australia is also home to 40 per cent of Australia’s ‘strong’ Indigenous languages... These languages, taught to children as their first language and spoken across all generations are...Pitjantjatjara..."

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Spoken in the region south-west of Alice Springs in the Western Desert"

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,500
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1995

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,500
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,120
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"80%% monolingual." Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 1996 census.

DATE OF INFO: 1996

PLACES: Australia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "This is the language of the area around Uluru (Ayers Rock)"

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
A handful
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"There are only a handful of speakers remaining."

DOMAINS OF USE

MORE ON VITALITY

"Speakers use this langauge in the marketplace and with friends, but it is not taught in school.

Scripts (Writing system)

Arabic-based

More on Orthography

"This langauge is written in Arabaic script, but peopl ehave started writing it in Roman characters"

		2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Atlas of the World's Languages	97-126		R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley	Routledge				4		Darrell Tryon	Tryon, Darrell. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley. 97-126. Routledge.		2,500	1995	1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis	SIL International			Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	2,120	1996	1000-9999	"80%% monolingual." Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 1996 census.	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Australia;
		2011	How many languages were spoken in Australia?			Also includes subsequent additions by CB directly into ElCat							http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx	Claire Bowern	Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.												"This is the language of the area around Uluru (Ayers Rock)"	-25.97129594, 130.0189562
			Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS			Canberra		http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	3,000		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing			Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	3,000		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		1994	Wangka Wiru: A Handbook for the Pitjantjatjara Language Learner					Underdale, Australia: Aboriginal Studies and Teacher Education Centre						Paul Eckert and Joyce Hudson	Eckert, Paul and Joyce Hudson. 1994. "Wangka Wiru: A Handbook For the Pitjantjatjara Language Learner." Underdale, Australia: Aboriginal Studies and Teacher Education Centre.	HHOLD	A handful		10-99	"There are only a handful of speakers remaining."	Severely Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		"Speakers use this langauge in the marketplace and with friends, but it is not taught in school.	13
			World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		2,500		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	1	2010	Central Australian Endangered Languages: So what?		78-86				Dialogue	29				Josephine Caffery	Caffery, Josephine. 2010. "Central Australian Endangered Languages: So What?" In Dialogue, 29: 78-86.		3,000		1000-9999		Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"Central Australia is also home to 40 per cent of Australia’s ‘strong’ Indigenous languages... These languages, taught to children as their first language and spoken across all generations are...Pitjantjatjara..."	13	10	Australia	"Spoken in the region south-west of Alice Springs in the Western Desert"

Pitjantjatjara

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,120

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

A handful

Discussion

Pitjantjatjara

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,120

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

A handful

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