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Luritja dialect information


Luritja
RegionWestern Australia, Northern Territory: Papunya, Kings Canyon, Aputula
EthnicityLuritja
Native speakers
1,300 (2021 census)[1]
Language family
Pama-Nyungan
  • Wati
    • Western Desert
      • Luritja
Language codes
ISO 639-3piu Shared with Pintupi
Glottologpint1250
AIATSIS[2]C7.1

The Luritja dialect is the language of the Luritja people, an Aboriginal Australian group indigenous to parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It is one of several dialects in the Western Desert language group.

  1. ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ C7.1 Luritja at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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