Pitjantjatjara

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/pɪt͡ʃənt͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaːrə/

proper noun

An Aboriginal language, mainly spoken in central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (Pama-Nyungan subfamily).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An Aboriginal language, mainly spoken in central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (Pama-Nyungan subfamily).

    Synonyms: Pitjantjara

  2. erroneousThe Western Desert language group as a whole.
adjectivePitjantjatjara (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to the Pitjantjatjara language or people.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn Aboriginal language, mainly spoken in central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (Pama-Nyungan subfamily).

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Pitjantjara

Origin

  1. PitjantjatjaraPitjantjatjara
  2. EnglishPitjantjatjara

From Pitjantjatjara Pitjantjatjara, from pitjantja + tjara (literally “having (the word) pitjantja”) (as opposed to the word yankunytja).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 皮堅加加拉印地安語 /皮坚加加拉印地安语
  • 皮堅加加拉印地安語 /皮坚加加拉印地安语 (Píjiānjiājiālā yìndì'ān yǔ)the aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia
Dutch Pitjantjatjara
  • Pitjantjatjarathe aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia
Finnish pitjantjatjara
  • pitjantjatjarathe aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia
German Pitjantjatjara
  • Pitjantjatjarathe aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia
Japanese ピチャンチャチャラ語
  • ピチャンチャチャラ語 (Pichanchachara-go)the aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia
Korean 피짠짜짜라어
  • 피짠짜짜라어 (Pijjanjjajjara'eo)the aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia
Portuguese pitjantjatjara
  • pitjantjatjarathe aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia
Russian питьянтьятья́ра
  • питьянтьятья́ра (pitʹjantʹjatʹjára)the aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia
Slovak pitjantjatjara
  • pitjantjatjarathe aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia
Swedish pitjantjatjara
  • pitjantjatjarathe aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia
Cite this entry
APA

Pitjantjatjara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pitjantjatjara

MLA

“Pitjantjatjara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pitjantjatjara. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pitjantjatjara,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pitjantjatjara.

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