Editing Pitjantjatjara (section)

{{Short description|Aboriginal people of Central Australia}}
{{about|the Australian Indigenous group|their language|Pitjantjatjara dialect|the lands act concerning them|Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Citation style|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
 | image       = Anangu ranger at Uluru.png
 | native_name = Aṉangu
 | caption     = Pitjantjatjara ranger at Uluru
 | group       = Pitjantjatjara
 | population  =
 | region1     = {{Flag|Australia}}
 | pop1        =
 | ref1        =
 | region2     = [[Central Australia]]:
 | pop2        = {{circa|4,000}}
 | ref2        =
 | region3     = {{Plainlist|
* {{Flag|South Australia}}
* {{Flag|Northern Territory}}
 }}
 | pop3        =
 | ref3        =
 | region4     =
 | pop4        =
 | ref4        =
 | region5     = [[Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara]]
 | pop5        =
 | ref5        =
 | languages   = [[Pitjantjatjara dialect|Pitjantjatjara]]<br />[[English language|English]] ([[Australian English]], [[Australian Aboriginal English]])
 | religions   = [[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Traditional]], [[Christianity]]
 | related     = [[Ngaanyatjarra]], [[Yankunytjatjara]]
 | footnotes   =
}}
The '''Pitjantjatjara''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɪ|tʃ|ən|tʃ|ə|ˈ|tʃ|ɑːr|ə}};<ref>{{cite book |first=Laurie |last=Bauer |year=2007 |title=The Linguistics Student's Handbook |location=Edinburgh}}</ref> {{IPA|pjt|ˈpɪɟanɟaɟaɾa|lang}} or {{IPA|pjt|ˈpɪɟanɟaɾa|}}) are an [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] people of the [[Central Australia]]n desert near [[Uluru]]. 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 aṉangu.{{sfn|Kimber|1986|loc=chapter 12}}