Putijarra dialect

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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]

Putijarra
Puditara
Regionsouth of Jigalong, Western Australia
EthnicityPutijarra
Native speakers
4 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
mpj – Martu Wangka
GlottologNone
AIATSIS[1]A54
ELP

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.