Ngaanyatjarra
Ngaanyatjarra is a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Ngaanyatjarra ([ˈŋɐːn̪ɐt̪ɐrɐ]; also Ngaanyatjara, Ngaanjatjarra) is a dialect of the Western Desert language spoken primarily by the Ngaanyatjarra people.
It is very similar to its close neighbour Ngaatjatjarra, with which it is highly mutually intelligible.
From Wikipedia · Ngaanyatjarra dialect · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Ngaanyatjarra
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | yanaNu* | |
| name | ma5Ti* | |
| eye | kuru* | |
| ear | pina* | |
| nose | mulya* | |
| tooth | kartiri* | |
| tongue | TaLli5pa* | |
| hand | mara* | |
| blood | purlar* | |
| bone | milTan* | |
| skin | mi5ara* | |
| knee | murti* | |
| breast | mimi* | |
| liver | kamantu* | |
| water | kapi | |
| fire | waru* | |
| sun | 5iLpa* | |
| star | pintiri* | |
| stone | puLi* | |
| mountain | puLi* | |
| tree | Nana* | |
| leaf | kaLpi* | |
| night | muNa* | |
| dog | papa* | |
| fish | kapiNkaTa* | |
| louse | Tirtu* | |
| one | kuTu* | |
| two | kuTara* | |
| I | milu* | |
| you | 5untulu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KokataPama-Nyungan43% alike
- Pintupi-LuritjaPama-Nyungan42% alike
- YankunytjatjaraPama-Nyungan40% alike
- PitjantjatjaraPama-Nyungan40% alike
- Martu WangkaPama-Nyungan30% alike
- NgadjunmayaPama-Nyungan22% alike
Grammar
- WajarriPama-Nyungan89% alike
- Guugu YimidhirrPama-Nyungan89% alike
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan86% alike
- AlyawarrPama-Nyungan85% alike
- YankunytjatjaraPama-Nyungan84% alike
- SherdukpenSino-Tibetan83% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · ngaa1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · ntj