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PRONUNCIATION OF PITJANTJATJARA

Pitjantjatjara  [ˌpɪtʃəntʃəˈtʃærə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PITJANTJATJARA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pitjantjatjara is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PITJANTJATJARA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pitjantjatjara

Pitjantjatjara

This article is for the Australian Indigenous group. For their language, see Pitjantjatjara language. For the lands act concerning them, see Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981. Pitjantjatjara is the name of both an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert, and their language. They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra and their languages are, to a large extent, mutually intelligible. They refer to themselves as Anangu. Pitjantjatjara country is mostly in the north-west of South Australia, extending across the border into the Northern Territory to just south of Lake Amadeus, and west a short distance into Western Australia. The land is an inseparable and important part of their identity, and every part of it is rich with stories and meaning to Anangu. They have, for the most part, given up their nomadic hunting and gathering lifestyle but have retained their language and much of their culture in spite of increasing influences from the broader Australian community.

Definition of Pitjantjatjara in the English dictionary

The definition of Pitjantjatjara in the dictionary is -ra, -ras. an Aboriginal people of the desert area of South Australia. Other definition of Pitjantjatjara is the language of this people.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PITJANTJATJARA


arrah
ˈærə
barra
ˈbærə
Elara
ɛˈlærə
jarrah
ˈdʒærə
marra
ˈmærə
parra
ˈpærə
Pitjantjara
ˌpɪtʃənˈdʒærə
Varah
ˈværə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PITJANTJATJARA

Pitjantjara
pitman
pitmen
piton
Pitot tube
Pitot-static tube
pits
pitsaw
Pitt
Pitt Street Farmer
Pitt-Rivers
Pitt-Rivers Museum

WORDS THAT END LIKE PITJANTJATJARA

Ankara
antara
Ferrara
Guadalajara
Guevara
Kara
Lara
mara
mascara
Nara
Niagara
Novara
para
Pescara
Sahara
Santa Clara
tara
tiara
vara
Western Sahara

Synonyms and antonyms of Pitjantjatjara in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Pitjantjatjara» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PITJANTJATJARA

Find out the translation of Pitjantjatjara to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Pitjantjatjara from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Pitjantjatjara» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Pitjantjatjara
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Pitjantjatjara
570 millions of speakers

English

Pitjantjatjara
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Pitjantjatjara
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البيتجانتجاتجارا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Pitjantjatjara
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Pitjantjatjara
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Pitjantjatjara,
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pitjantjatjara
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pitjantjatjara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pitjantjatjara
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Pitjantjatjara
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Pitjantjatjara
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pitjantjatjara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Pitjantjatjara
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Pitjantjatjara,
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिटसंजतजारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pitjantjatjara
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pitjantjatjara
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pitjantjatjara
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Pitjantjatjara
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pitjantjatjara
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Pitjantjatjara
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pitjantjatjara
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Pitjantjatjara
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Pitjantjatjara
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Pitjantjatjara

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PITJANTJATJARA»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PITJANTJATJARA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Pitjantjatjara

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PITJANTJATJARA»

Discover the use of Pitjantjatjara in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pitjantjatjara and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Categories, Constituents, and Constituent Order in ...
Examines the syntax of Pitjantjatjara through word order, case markings, switch reference and transitivity in simple and complex sentences to determine a basic word order and hierarchical noun phrase and sentence structure.
Heather Joan Bowe, 1990
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A Learner's Guide to Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara
This book explains Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara grammar in a clear way and is intended as a guide
Cliff Goddard, 1993
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Pitjantjatjara Texts:
Transcription of 15 stories recorded Summer Institute of Linguistics 1967 in Ngaanyatjara dialect with English translations; Traditional, experience, social groupings and responsibilities, life before white man, hunting, animal stories ...
Amee Glass, Dorothy Hackett, 1969
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Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary
The Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary has been in print since 1992 helping hundreds if not thousands of students and speakers to master one of the most widely spoken languages of Central Australia.
Cliff Goddard, 2006
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Palya: Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Country
All species are named with Pitjantjatjara, common and scientific names. The text includes anecdotes from experiences in the communities and bush trips over the years.
‎2013
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Alive and Kicking: Areyonga Teenage Pitjantjatjara
The goal of this work is to describe the changes occurring in the Pitjantjatjara speech of teenagers in Areyonga, a Central Australian community, from both a grammatical and a sociolinguistic point of view.
Annie Langlois, 2004
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Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary
Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary is the eighth volume in IAD Press's highly acclaimed series of illustrated Aboriginal language dictionaries.
‎2007
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The people in between: the Pitjantjatjara people of Ernabella
Quotes from various explorers on early impressions of natives; Ernabella Mission established 1937, belief in assimilation through respect & friendship; Language, exogamous rules, morality, hunting & food gathering, cooking, child care & ...
Winifred M. Hilliard, 1968
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Politics and History in Band Societies
[Translated from Pitjantjatjara.] With the passage of the Northern Territory Land Rights Act in 1976, the Western Desert people began to think seriously of the possibilities of forming a separate Pitjantjatjara Lands Trust. During the Council ...
Eleanor Leacock, Richard B. Lee, 1982
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Personality and the Cultural Construction of Society
At least among the Pitjantjatjara, when individuals talk about their Dreaming, they commonly use the imperfect (either the tense or the aspect), which indicates the continuity of action and thought, while dreams are conveyed in the present ...
David K. Jordan, Marc J. Swartz, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PITJANTJATJARA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Pitjantjatjara is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Mad Challenge of Translating "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
Some languages, like the Aboriginal tongue Pitjantjatjara, don't even use puns. What about when a character takes an idiom literally? «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
2
Most disadvantaged suburbs in Australia revealed
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Anangu Pitjantjatjara, Coober Pedy, Maralinga Tjarutja, Peterborough, Playford — Elizabeth and unincorporated Whyalla ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
3
Audit ordered into APY Lands finances following Government …
A forensic audit will examine the way Government funding to South Australia's remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands is ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
4
See stars, ride a camel, discover history and more around Uluru and …
Wintjiri – the word means “a view to the horizon'' in Pitjantjatjara, a language spoken by the local Anangu people – is devoted to “showing and ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
“The space between”: life, death and football
The WillPower ambassadors have begun a Pitjantjatjara language course. It's tough going but Vandenbergh believes it will be a powerful tool, ... «InDaily, Jul 15»
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Aboriginal road safety on right track
The website has several resources available in the Pitjantjatjara language, with the aim to make more resources available in this language, ... «PS News, Jul 15»
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Standing on sacred ground
The Aboriginal Lands Cup football match between Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) and Maralinga Tjarutja has also become a ... «PS News, Jul 15»
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Naidoc week mixtape: Emma Donovan, Bart Willoughby, Radical …
Singer, drummer and Pitjantjatjara man Bart Willoughby has played in some of Australia's greatest bands, including Coloured Stone, Yothu ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Dispossessed men of Maralinga paint stories of their land
“They were relocated from Maralinga in the 1950s, they're Pitjantjatjara people,” Ms Cumpston said yesterday at the festival launch. “They don't ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
10
Crows in class in remote SA
McLeod runs Adelaide's Indigenous Programs with the Ready, Set, Crow initiative focussing on Far West Coast and Anangu Pitjantjatjara ... «Adelaide Crows, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pitjantjatjara [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pitjantjatjara>. May 2024 ».
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