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The Pitjantjatjara (,〔Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh〕 or ) are an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert. They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra and their languages are, to a large extent, mutually intelligible (all are varieties of the Western Desert language). They refer to themselves as Anangu (people). The Pitjantjatjara live mostly in the northwest of South Australia, extending across the border into the Northern Territory to just south of Lake Amadeus, and west a short distance into Western Australia. The land is an inseparable and important part of their identity, and every part of it is rich with stories and meaning to ''Anangu''.〔Kimber, R. G., ''Man from Arltunga'', Hesperian Press, Carlisle, Western Australia, 1986, esp. chapter 12〕 They have, for the most part, given up their nomadic hunting and gathering lifestyle but have retained their language and much of their culture in spite of increasing influences from the broader Australian community. Today there are still about 4,000 ''Anangu'' living scattered in small communities and outstations across their traditional lands, forming one of the most successful joint land arrangements in Australia with Aboriginal Traditional Owners. == Etymology == The name ''Pitjantjatjara'' derives from the word ''pitjantja'', a form of the verb 'go' which, combined with the comitative suffix ''-tjara'' means something like ' ''pitjantja''-having' (i.e. the variety that uses the word ''pitjantja'' for 'go'). This distinguishes it from its near neighbour Yankunytjatjara which has ''yankunytja'' for the same meaning. This naming strategy is also the source of the names of Ngaanyatjarra and Ngaatjatjarra but in that case the names contrast the two languages based on their words for 'this' (respectively, ''ngaanya'' and ''ngaatja''). The two languages Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara may be grouped together under the name Nyangatjatjara (indicating that they have ''nyangatja'' for 'this') which then contrasts them with Ngaanyatjarra and Ngaatjatjarra. 〔Goddard (1985)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pitjantjatjara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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