Luritja dialect
Luritja | |
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Region | Pama-Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | piu Shared with Pintupi |
Glottolog | pint1250 |
AIATSIS[2] | C7.1 |
The Luritja dialect is the language of the
Origin and meaning of Luritja
The name luritja is thought to derive from the
Population
The total population of Luritja people (including Papunya Luritja) is probably in the thousands, making them the third largest of the
Area
The Luritja lands include areas to the west and south of Alice Springs, extending around the edge of
Phonology
Consonants
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
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Labial | Velar | (Alveolo-) palatal |
Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | p | k | t̠ʲ
|
t
|
ʈ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | n̠ʲ
|
n
|
ɳ |
Lateral | l̠ʲ
|
l
|
ɭ | ||
Rhotic | ɾ | ||||
Approximant | w | j | ɻ |
- /ɾ/ can range to a trill [r] in emphatic speech among speakers.
- /ɻ/ can also be heard as a retroflex tap [ɹ] among speakers.[3]
Vowels
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
High
|
i iː | u uː |
Low
|
a aː |
Pintupi-Luritja
Papunya Luritja
Papunya Luritja is the variety of Luritja spoken around the community of Papunya, and also west through
Titjikala Luritja
This variety is also a dialect of the
Artwork
The Luritja area relies heavily on the sale of artwork; Luritja artwork has a large number of famous artists and many companies that specifically cater for the sale of Luritja art. The Papunya Tula company in particular is world-renowned for its artists, most of whom reside at Papunya and Kintore.
References
- ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ C7.1 Luritja at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ a b Heffernan, John A. (1984). Papunya Luritja Language Notes. Papunya: Papunya Literature Production Centre.