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2 unusual facts about Pitjantjatjara


Pama–Nyungan languages

Retroflex consonants for most languages are written by prefixing an r to the corresponding alveolar (as in Swedish), although a few, like Pitjantjatjara, use an underline instead.

Pitjantjatjara

the Pitjantjatjara people, the name of an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert


Kuka Kanyini

In some of the most remote regions of Central Australia, Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people manage their land and wildlife resources using a method that is loosely based on adaptive management plans which, in turn, are based on the Kuka Kanyini.

Ngintaka

The Ngintaka is one of several Creation Ancestor Beings of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Western Desert Speaking Original people of Central Australia.

Wiltja

Wiltjas are shelters made by the Kaurna people and other Indigenous Australian groups such as the Pitjantjatjara and yankunytjatjara people/groups.


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