Yankuntjatjarra


The Yankuntjatjarra, otherwise written Jangkundjara, are an indigenous Australian people of the state of South Australia.

Language

is a Western Desert language belonging to the Wati language family of the Pama-Nyungan languages.

Country

According to the estimation of Norman Tindale, the Yankuntjatjarra's tribal lands covered approximately. These lands took in the areas of the Musgrave Ranges, with their eastern frontier around the Everard Ranges

Social organization

Yankuntjatjarra kinship terminology shares many common terms with the words for kinship in the Pintupi and Pitjantjatjara dialects.

Alternative names