Yankunytjatjara

Yankunytjatjara 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 Yankunytjatjara's tribal lands covered approximately . These lands took in the areas of the Musgrave Ranges, with their eastern frontier around the Everard Ranges. ==Social organisation==

Yankunytjatjara kinship terminology shares many common terms with the words for kinship in the Pintupi and Pitjantjatjara dialects. ==Alternative names==

• Alinjera ('north') • Ankundjara • Everard Range Tribe • Jangkundjadjara • Jangundjara, Jankundjadjara, Jankunzazara, Jankuntjatjara, Jankuntjatara, Jankundjindjara • Kaltjilandjara (a Pitjantjatjara exonym, but referring to the most southwestern of the Yankuntjatjarra hordes) • Nankundjara (typo?) • Wirtjapakandja • Yankunjara, Yangundjadjara, Janggundjara, Jangwundjara (typo) == Notable people ==

• Eileen Kampakuta Brown, anti-nuclear activist and Goldman Environmental Prize winner • Yami Lester, anti-nuclear and indigenous rights advocate • Tali Tali Pompey, artist • Whiskey Tjukangku, elder, and artist • Lowitja O'Donoghue, indigenous rights activist • Ali Cobby Eckermann, poet, author, and artist ==Notes==