Yankunytjatjara
Yankunytjatjara speakers live in the north-west of South Australia. Prior to their displacement by Pitjantjatjara speakers, in about 1917, Yankunytjatjara communities inhabited the “Musgrave Ranges east of Oparinna, on Officer Creek; north to near Mount Robert, east to Everard Ranges, south to latitude 28°30” (see Tindale 1974, page 212).
Today, major Yankunytjatjara centres include Indulkana and Mimili.
AIATSIS id : C.04
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Alinjera, Ankundjara, “Everard Range Tribe”, Jan-gundjara, Janggundajara, Janggundjara, Jangkun(dja)tjarra, Jangkundjadjara, Jangkundjara, Jangundjara, Jangwundjara, Jankundjadjara, Jankundjara, Jankundjindjara, Jankuntjatara, Jankuntjatjara, Jankunzazara, Junkunzazzara, Kaltjilandjara, Kulban(dja)tjarra, Nankundjara, Wirtjapakandja, Wirtjapokandja, Yangundjadjara, Yangundyadyara, Yankundyari, Yankunjara, Yankuntjatjara, Yankunytjatjara.
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Approximate location of Yankunytjatjara
Kupapirti irrititja - Coober Pedy in the old days 2010-2011
To produce a book in the highly endangered Antikirinya variety of the Yankunytjatjara language. To record Elder Bobby Brown talking in Antikirinya about early contact, history, significant…
Oodnadata Aboriginal School
Oodnadata Aboriginal School has an Antikirinya language program for its students.
Seasons and time in Yankunytjatjara
Document knowledge about seasons and time in Yankunytjatjara/Antirinya
Anangu family language maintenance project 2010-2011
This project is based at the Ngura Wira Winkiku Indigenous Corporation in Adelaide. It aims to support the transmission of the Western Desert Pitjantytjatjara and Yankuytjatjara languages…
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Approximate location of Yankunytjatjara
Kupapirti irrititja - Coober Pedy in the old days 2010-2011
The purposes of this project, funded by DEWHA’s Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records (MILR) program and Cultural Strategic Initiatives fund, are to produce a book in the highly endangered Antikirinya variety of the Yankunytjatjara language, to record Elder Bobby Brown talking in Antikirinya about early contact, history, significant events and local traditions of the Coober Pedy area, to include translations and explanations by Bobby Brown in Aboriginal English (station English), so that Indigenous perspectives of the region are available in both local vernaculars as valid mediums of documentation, and to transcribe and edit the material for publication and add an annotated list of relevant readings and an editor's introduction.
Oodnadata Aboriginal School
Antikirinya first language program at Oodnadata Aboriginal School
Seasons and time in Yankunytjatjara
Project aims to document traditional knowledge about seasons and time in the highly endangered Yankunytjatjara/Antikirinya language of the northeast SA, and to publish learning resources
Anangu family language maintenance project 2010-2011
This project is based at the Ngura Wira Winkiku Indigenous Corporation in Adelaide. It aims to support the transmission of the Western Desert Pitjantytjatjara and Yankuytjatjara languages in Anangu families living in Adelaide by creating resources that encourage good language use and literacy
DISCLAIMER:
The locations of the languages of SA, as stated on the this website, are based on the 1994 AIATSIS published Horton map. They are not intended for Land Claim use, and are an approximate guide only. Individual language project locations are based on information from publicly available MILR (ILS) documents.