Ngaanyatjarra dialect

Ngaanyatjarra
Ngaanyatjarra
Native to	Australia
Region	Western Australia; Warburton Ranges.
Ethnicity	Ngaanyatjarra
Native speakers	1,051 (2021 census)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Wati Western Desert Ngaanyatjarra; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ntj
Glottolog	ngaa1240
AIATSIS	A38
ELP	Ngaanyatjarra

Ngaanyatjarra (IPA: [ˈŋɐːn̪ɐt̪ɐrɐ]; also Ngaanyatjara, Ngaanjatjarra) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large 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 Newbery and Laverton in the Eastern Goldfields area of Western Australia.

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