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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Ngaanyatjarra-Ngaatjatjarra to English Dictionary
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'This landmark book is the first comprehensive dictionary for Ngaanyatjarra and Ngaatjatjarra, which are dialects of the Western Desert language. Ngaanyatjarra and Ngaatjatjarra are similar and speakers understand each other without difficulty. Ngaanyatjarra and Ngaatjatjarra are spoken by approximately 1,400 people living in the central east of Western Australia adjacent to the borders of South Australia and the Northern Territory. The communities where the language is spoken are Warburton (Mirlirrtjarra), Jameson (Mantamaru), Blackstone (Papulankutja), Giles (Warakurna), Tjukurla, Wanarn, Patjarr Tjirrkarli, Cosmo Newbery and Laverton. This is an area situated between the Gibson Desert in the north and the Great Victoria Desert in the south. The Ngaanyatjarra and Ngaatjatjarra to Engli...' (Publication summary)

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    • Alice Springs, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory,: IAD Press , 2008 .
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      Extent: 743p.
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      Note/s:
      • Published 17 May 2008
      ISBN: 9781864650532
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Subjects:
  • Aboriginal Ngaanyatjarra language
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