Pitjantjatjara

<p>The Pitjantjatjara  are an <a href="/facts/Aboriginal_Australians/DNAQ5z5m">Aboriginal</a> people of the <a href="/facts/Central_Australia/rBGBkLHj">Central Australian</a> desert near <a href="/facts/Uluru/bzbCmMYX">Uluru</a>. They are closely related to the <a href="/facts/Yankunytjatjara/GaP1e7hg">Yankunytjatjara</a> and <a href="/facts/Ngaanyatjarra/vY8BQzzF">Ngaanyatjarra</a> and their languages are, to a large extent, mutually intelligible (all are varieties of the <a href="/facts/Western_Desert_language/aVpKdm9k">Western Desert language</a>).
</p><p>They refer to themselves as <a href="/facts/Anangu/5w6TLWtV">Anangu</a> (people). The Pitjantjatjara live mostly in the northwest of <a href="/facts/South_Australia/R7UdxV97">South Australia</a>, extending across the border into the <a href="/facts/Northern_Territory/5BFWuuyv">Northern Territory</a> to just south of <a href="/facts/Lake_Amadeus/nCYm41Jq">Lake Amadeus</a>, and west a short distance into <a href="/facts/Western_Australia/1ouCbwNh">Western Australia</a>. The land is an inseparable and important part of their identity, and every part of it is rich with stories and meaning to aṉangu.
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