Where is Luritja spoken?
Western Australia
The Luritja dialect is the language of the Luritja people, an Aboriginal Australian group indigenous to parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia….Luritja dialect.
| Luritja | |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Australia, Northern Territory: Papunya, Kings Canyon, Aputula |
| Ethnicity | Luritja |
| Native speakers | 955 (2016 census) |
What are the names of the aboriginal tribes?
List
| Language groups | Alternative names or component (sub-)groups | Geographical location |
|---|---|---|
| Buluwai | Queensland | |
| Bunganditj | Buandig | South Australia |
| Bundjalung | Boonwurrung | New South Wales |
| Bunurong | Boonwurrung | Victoria |
Where do Pintupi people live?
The Pintupi are an Australian Aboriginal group who are part of the Western Desert cultural group and whose traditional land is in the area west of Lake Macdonald and Lake Mackay in Western Australia.
Is yankunytjatjara a tribe?
The term, which embraces several distinct “tribes” or peoples, in particular the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara groups, is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable: [ˈaɳaŋʊ].
What language do people in the desert speak?
Western Desert language
| Western Desert | |
|---|---|
| Language family | Pama–Nyungan Wati Western Desert |
| Standard forms | Martu Wangka |
| Dialects | Yulparija Manjtjiltjara Kartutjarra Kukatja Pintupi Luritja Ngaatjatjarra Ngaanyatjarra Wangkatha Wangkatja (Nyanganyatjara) Ngalia (Ooldean) Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Kukarta |
Do Aborigines still roam Australia?
A government report praises them for surviving in “one of the most harsh and remote places in the world”. Warlimpirrnga, Takariya, Yalti and Yukultji still live between Kiwirrkurra and Kintore communities.
Is Uluru female?
Mountford worked with Aboriginal people at Ayers Rock in the 1930s and 1940s. He records that Uluru is both the name of a Dreaming ancestor, a snake, AND the name of a rockhole that is a Men’s Sacred site located on top of the Rock.