The Western Desert language, or Wati, is a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages in the Pama–Nyungan family. The name Wati tends to be used...
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groups that live there, who speak dialects of one language, often called the Western Desert language. The term cultural bloc is used by anthropologists...
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Australia Western Desert language, a cluster of Aboriginal Australian languages Western Desert campaign of the Second World War Western Desert Force, World...
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square miles (39,000 km2). The Ngalia language, also known as Ooldean, is a dialect of the Western Desert language. Nangga ('men' in the sense that they...
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Pitjantjatjara (section Language)
large extent, mutually intelligible (all are varieties of the Western Desert language). They refer to themselves as Anangu (people). The Pitjantjatjara...
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Luritja dialect (redirect from Luritja language)
several dialects in the Western Desert language group. The name luritja is thought to derive from the Arrernte word lurinya,[what language is this?] 'foreigner'...
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speaking in Pitjantjatjara. In 2008, Alison Anderson spoke in the Western Desert language during her first speech as Minister for Natural Resources, Environment...
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Pitjantjatjara dialect (redirect from Pitjantjatjarra language)
Pitjantjatjara: [ˈpɪɟanɟaɟaɾa] or [ˈpɪɟanɟaɾa]) is a dialect of the Western Desert language traditionally spoken by the Pitjantjatjara people of Central Australia...
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Deserts of Australia (redirect from Australian Desert)
it is practically desert. Collectively known as the Great Australian desert, they are primarily distributed throughout the Western Plateau and interior...
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Yankunytjatjara dialect (redirect from Yankuntjatjarra language)
language. It is one of the Wati languages, belonging to the large Pama–Nyungan family. It is one of the many varieties of the Western Desert Language...
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The Mojave Desert (/moʊˈhɑːvi, mə-/ ; Mohave: Hayikwiir Mat'aar; Spanish: Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada...
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of South Australia. They speak the Kokatha language, close to or a dialect of the Western Desert language. Traditional Kokatha lands extend over some...
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Ngaatjatjarra dialect (redirect from Ngaatjatjarr language)
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...
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The Western Desert Force (WDF) was a British Army formation active in Egypt during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. On 17 June 1940...
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The Western Desert campaign (Desert War) took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign of the Second...
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The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is an arid region in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of...
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Sahara (redirect from Sahara desert)
including the western Sahara, the central Ahaggar Mountains, the Tibesti Mountains, the Aïr Mountains, the Ténéré desert, and the Libyan Desert. For several...
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Martu Wangka dialect (redirect from Manjtjiltjara language)
Martu Wangka is a variety of the Western Desert language that emerged during the 20th century in Western Australia as several Indigenous communities shifted...
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with the Kukatja Western Desert Language spoken south of Balgo, Western Australia, or the Luritja dialect of the Western Desert Language, spoken in the...
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The Great Sandy Desert is an interim Australian bioregion, located in the northeast of Western Australia straddling the Pilbara and southern Kimberley...
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might be closer to Wanman than it is to the Western Desert Language.[citation needed] "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs...
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Ngaanyatjarra dialect (redirect from Ngaanjatjarra language)
Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family. It is one of the dialects of the Western Desert Language and is very...
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Pintupi dialect (redirect from Pintupi-Luritja language)
Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family. It is one of the varieties of the Western Desert Language (WDL). Pintupi...
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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...
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areas in the desert include Ha-la-ma, A-lang-ha and Mai-k'o-tsa-k'o. The Mazartag mountains are located in the western part of the desert. Because it lies...
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Aṉangu (category Western Desert cultural bloc)
a number of eastern varieties of the Western Desert Languages (which are in the Pama–Nyungan group of languages), in particular Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara...
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Luritja (category Articles containing German-language text)
27,000 square kilometres (10,300 sq mi). Their language is the Luritja dialect, a Western Desert language. The name Kukatja or Kukatj is one shared by four...
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small western portions of Nuevo León. With an area of about 501,896 km2 (193,783 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in North America. The desert is fairly...
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Manyjilyjarra dialect (redirect from Manyjilyjarra language)
considered a dialect of the Western Desert language. It is often classified as a distinct language among the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family...
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North Carolina Watha dialect, part of the indigenous Australian Western Desert Language Watha people, a hunter-gatherer culture in East Africa (mainly...
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