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Putijarra dialect

Putijarra is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert Language, but is classified as a distinct language in Bowern.

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Putijarra
Puditara
Regionsouth of Jigalong, Western Australia
EthnicityPutijarra
Native speakers
4 (2004)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3
mpj – Martu Wangka
GlottologNone
AIATSIS1A54
ELP

Putijarra is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert Language, but is classified as a distinct language in Bowern.2

It is one of the components of the Martu Wangka koine.

References

References

  1. A54 Putijarra at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Claire Bowern and Quentin Atkinson. 2012. Computational phylogenetics and the internal structure of Pama-Nyungan. Language 88. 817-845. Johns Hopkins University Press.