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Ngaanyatjarra
The Ngaanyatjarra, also known (along with the Pini) as the Nana, are an Indigenous Australian cultural group of Western Australia. They are located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, as well as Northern Territory.
Ngaanyatjarra is a Western Desert language belonging to the Wati branch of the Pama-Nyungan languages. Ngaatjatjarra is mutually intelligible with Ngaanyatjarra, and both are treated as dialects of the one language.
Ngaanya literally means "this" (that is, the demonstrative pronoun) and -tjarra means "with/having" (the comitative suffix); the compound term means "those that use 'ngaanya' to say 'this'". The neighbouring Ngaatjatjarra use ngaatja for "this". Many Ngaanyatjarra are multilingual, not only speaking English but also a number of other dialects in the area.
Ngaanyatjarra lands cover roughly 3% of the Australian landscape, a territory as large as that of the United Kingdom. Predominantly desert, they lie 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) away from the two nearest towns of Alice Springs and Kalgoorlie. The neighbouring tribes are the Martu and the Pitjantjatjara. They extend through parts of the North Western and Little Great and Little Sandy Deserts, the southeast Gascoyne region, the Gibson Desert, the Central Central Great Victoria Desert and the Western Central Ranges.
The Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku covers 159,948 square kilometres (61,756 sq mi), and the Shire council is the local government authority responsible for the provision of services to the communities. The associated Ngaanyatjarra Council operates various services for the communities.
There are 10 small local centres within the Ngaanyatyarra Lands:
Kiwirrkurra and Yilka (Cosmo Newbery) lie outside the Lands, but are served by the Shire.
On July 1 2024, the Ngaanyatjarra Lands standardised on Australian Western Standard Time (AWST). Previously the lands operated on two time zones: Yilka/Cosmo, Mantamaru/Jameson, Patjarr, Tjirrkarli, Wanarn and Warburton used AWST, while Blackstone, Kiwirrkurra, Tjukurla, Warakurna, and Irrunytju/Wingellina were on Australian Central Standard Time.
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Ngaanyatjarra
The Ngaanyatjarra, also known (along with the Pini) as the Nana, are an Indigenous Australian cultural group of Western Australia. They are located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, as well as Northern Territory.
Ngaanyatjarra is a Western Desert language belonging to the Wati branch of the Pama-Nyungan languages. Ngaatjatjarra is mutually intelligible with Ngaanyatjarra, and both are treated as dialects of the one language.
Ngaanya literally means "this" (that is, the demonstrative pronoun) and -tjarra means "with/having" (the comitative suffix); the compound term means "those that use 'ngaanya' to say 'this'". The neighbouring Ngaatjatjarra use ngaatja for "this". Many Ngaanyatjarra are multilingual, not only speaking English but also a number of other dialects in the area.
Ngaanyatjarra lands cover roughly 3% of the Australian landscape, a territory as large as that of the United Kingdom. Predominantly desert, they lie 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) away from the two nearest towns of Alice Springs and Kalgoorlie. The neighbouring tribes are the Martu and the Pitjantjatjara. They extend through parts of the North Western and Little Great and Little Sandy Deserts, the southeast Gascoyne region, the Gibson Desert, the Central Central Great Victoria Desert and the Western Central Ranges.
The Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku covers 159,948 square kilometres (61,756 sq mi), and the Shire council is the local government authority responsible for the provision of services to the communities. The associated Ngaanyatjarra Council operates various services for the communities.
There are 10 small local centres within the Ngaanyatyarra Lands:
Kiwirrkurra and Yilka (Cosmo Newbery) lie outside the Lands, but are served by the Shire.
On July 1 2024, the Ngaanyatjarra Lands standardised on Australian Western Standard Time (AWST). Previously the lands operated on two time zones: Yilka/Cosmo, Mantamaru/Jameson, Patjarr, Tjirrkarli, Wanarn and Warburton used AWST, while Blackstone, Kiwirrkurra, Tjukurla, Warakurna, and Irrunytju/Wingellina were on Australian Central Standard Time.
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