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Kaytetye
Native to
Australia
Region
central Northern Territory
Ethnicity
Kaytetye people
Native speakers
109 (2021 census)[1]
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
Arandic
Kaytetye
Signed forms
Akitiri Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3
gbb
Glottolog
kayt1238
AIATSIS[2]
C13
ELP
Kaytetye
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Kaytetye (also spelt Kaititj, Gaididj, Kaiditj, Kaytej) is an Australian Aboriginal language primarily spoken in the Northern Territory north of Alice Springs[3] by the Kaytetye people, who live around Barrow Creek and Tennant Creek. It belongs to the Arandic subgroup of the Pama-Nyungan languages and is related to Alyawarra, which is one of the Upper Arrernte dialects. It has an unusual phonology and there are no known dialects.[3]
The language is considered to be threatened; it is used for face-to-face communication within all generations, but it is losing users,[4] with only 109 speakers of the language in the 2021 census.[1]
The Kaytetye have (or had) a well-developed sign language known as Akitiri or Eltye eltyarrenke.[5]
Map showing languages
^ ab"SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
^C13 Kaytetye at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ ab"Kaytetye". Ethnologue. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^"Kaytetye in the Language Cloud".
^Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 60
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