| Ngaatjatjarra | |
|---|---|
| Nga:da | |
| Region | Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Ngaatjatjarra |
Native speakers | 12 (2005)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Ngada Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| AIATSIS[1] | A43 |
| ELP | Ngaatjatjara |
Ngaatjatjarra (also Ngaatjatjara, Ngaadadjarra) is an Australian Aboriginal dialect of the Western Desert language. It is spoken in the Western Desert cultural bloc which covers about 600 000 square kilometres of the arid central and central-western desert. It is very similar to its close neighbours Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Pintupi, with which it is highly mutually intelligible.
Most Ngaatjatjarra live in one of the communities of Warburton, Warakurna, Tjukurla or Docker River.
- ^ a b A43 Ngaatjatjarra at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies