PITJANTJATJARA PEOPLE, CULTURE, & LANGUAGE

[@ynerrad9291]

Great to see an Australian Aboriginal language profiled. The language is uniquely Australian, and deserved to be heard and spoken.

[@motasch241]

So sad that there are only 3000 speakers left . I'm happy to hear they're doing well for themselves tho!

[@gtc239]

Those 3000 speakers sounds huge compared to other aboriginal languages that mostly hundred-ish, which is saying something.

[@Wubblu]

That's all there ever was though. They live in a desert lol. They've never had a large population.

[@jamied8678]

3000 and a half lol learnt a lot of the words but just having trouble putting them into sentences. I love the reaction when they see a white guy speaking a few words

[@alexandershockey901]

i love that father is “mama” what a coincidence!

[@donovantownshend8783]

same in georgian

[@naufalurfi2139]

Lots of unrelated languages across the world uses m/p/b sound for parents likely because that is the easiest sound to make for babies

[@Kettvnen]

@@naufalurfi2139 though I'm a bit surprised not many languages use velar consonants (g, k) for calling parents or something, since they're also an easy sound to make. There are alveolar consonants for calling their parents like Tagalog tatay (father) but I can't name velar consonants

[@Kettvnen]

Though in Indonesian and Malay, there's the word "kakak" which refers to older sibling and it uses voiceless velar stop

[@nemetskiylager]

@@Kettvnen"tatay" looks similar to PIE "*tata" - father.

[@markkitchingman751]

Palya. It's so good to see the Pitjantjatjara language represented on this KZbin channel. I used to be a tour guide at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and heard Pitjantjatjara spoken often. Looking forward to hearing more Aboriginal Australian languages.

[@mysteriousDSF]

7:35 thank you for keeping the background music at this volume, it is perfect.

[@liamkolomoisky4832]

I really like it in pama nyungan languages when a two words sentence in English becomes a 10 words sentence.

[@ibi6262]

Retroflex consonants and open syllables really make Australian aboriginal languages sound like Tamil or other languages from south of the Indian subcontinent.

[@legendarypussydestroyer6943]

Dond dell me whad do do

[@Kettvnen]

Lack of fricatives is also a characteristic of Australian aboriginal languages and syllables rarely start with an approximant

[@lisasutherland-fraser4479]

💯💯💯

[@weonanegesiscipelibba2973]

like clockwork

[@ibi6262]

@@weonanegesiscipelibba2973 I was just making an observation.

[@paxphonetica5800]

Sounds like the three numbers are pronounced by an energetic kid！

[@tabahnaikinem9669]

😂😂😂

[@franciscodecomayaguela9496]

ikr. it's adorable even if it's just heard

[@jamied8678]

Back in the 80s I was at a circus school and we did a tour of Pit lands . I felt so privileged to be able to go up there and since have tried to little bit of the language .

[@brandongritt5295]

Abugida and syllabary based writing system would fit this language perfectly

[@JoeyDrawTunes]

Something inspired by hangul perhaps.

[@robclark3095]

I'd love to have a Pitjanjatjara speaker answer the telemarketer calls I get. Fascinating sounding language.

[@Hampter-m7r]

The Uluru language sounds like tamil. May be they are some connections.

[@AlexisOrtiz80]

Our Language Our Culture

[@FieldLing639]

That minimized /ɪ ʊ ɐ/ vowel system reminds me of the /e o a/ vowel system found in the Mascoian language family of the Gran Chaco in South America

[@TheMiniMaestroMan]

I know this is a repetitive comment but a lot of Australian Aboriginal languages are similar to Tamil. For two countries so far apart both geographically and time-wise, they share so much in common

[@anirudh177]

They don't really share any ancestry or influence linguistically, it only seems similar due to the usage of retroflex consonants and open syllables.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@anirudh177 don't know how credible the study was but they found ancient South Indian admixture in western Australia. Dating to about 1,000 B.C.E.

[@mahatmaniggandhi2898]

@@ANTSEMUT1 probably due to trade or something idk

[@weonanegesiscipelibba2973]

like clockwork

[@jzjzjzj]

@@mahatmaniggandhi2898 yes northern Australia had extensive trade with Indonesian tribes and papuans also Indians may have sailed to Australia also in newzealand when first Europeans arrived they found maori cooking potatoes in a tamil Bell that somehow ended up in new zealand

[@DrArisztid]

Is there any learning material for Pitjantjatjara? I just love it and would like to learn a bit! ❤️

[@luanasari5161]

pretty ironic they used the word "mama" for father

[@Davlavi]

Good to see.

[@Nabdara.Nabdara]

This sounds like spanish with a lil mix of creole or sum🤣 thought it was gonna sound way more unique compared to other languages since they were doing theyre own thing with not much outside interaction for thousands of yrs

[@Nobody-jx6xc]

What's with Australian Aboriginal languages not having or having few fricative consonants but lots of retroflex consonant?

[@RheaDawnLanguage]

speaking as someone who knows Badimaya and Noongar, two west australian languages, it seems that the consonants in aboriginal languages are divided into four categories: sounds made with the lips, sounds made with the tip of the tongue, sounds made with the flat surface of the tongue, and sounds made with the back of the mouth. That's why there are often retroflex, because that is an easy way to fill the second category. As for fricatives, they are only rare in desert languages - towards the east, there are more fricatives. Badimaya has palatal affricates, in order to fulfil the third category. The reason they are rare in desert languages is because in the desert it is very hot and people are very far apart in the day, when they are looking for food. Fricatives are quieter than plosives and so they are harder to hear when everyone is far apart, thus they are not used in the desert.

[@mahatmaniggandhi2898]

@@RheaDawnLanguage very interesting

[@weonanegesiscipelibba2973]

All these Tamilposters again like clockwork

[@Kasjan819]

Can you please do Palawa kani? I Love your content

[@ilovelanguages0124]

I need a volunteer.

[@Uygar07]

6:33

[@ChristianJiang]

Wow! The sentences are so much longer than they are in English!

[@chuckles5689]

Where is Andy from?

[@UncannyTLA]

Philippines

[@tabahnaikinem9669]

He is from the Republic of the Philippines.

[@thamielglaoui2595]

👍👍👍🤓

[@galaxydave3807]

I think its so amazing! :) Are there also color names? Can numbers, color names and other vocabulary also used in sentences?

[@RheaDawnLanguage]

hello! i speak Badimaya, which is pretty similar to this language. There are colour names, not many, and they are more focused on red colours because there is lots of red in the desert. As for numbers, only small quantities usually have names; after that point, more general words like "many" are used. Numbers and colours function just as any other adjectives :)

[@galaxydave3807]

​@@RheaDawnLanguage Wow thank u! Which color names do exist in Badimaya?

[@mysteriousDSF]

I feel like there are some very distant similarities with Dravidian

[@ouoliao9561]

what a special language！！ 😮

[@WhoDeserveDonutsIsMeAndNotYou9]

Next Languages Kigzatiandeo!

[@daniel.ziraki]

Please do hazara Afghanistan

[@maldex3997]

When they are speaking it sounds like they are rapping!

[@mugaku_sogen]

Sounds like Tamil language.

[@Republic_Of_Vicoria_Official]

Looks like a weird dialect of Indonesian/Malaysian, but sounds like a weird dialect of Russian.

[@valeriobenedetti7791]

it's a typo

[@JaredtheRabbit]

I’m starting to think that “For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” is a long and convoluted way of saying “My son has found God.” That’s why the celebration is happening; because he no longer believes in any heathen religions. On another note, this language sounds… interesting to say the least. As a Canadian, I’ve never heard any language quite like this one.

[@anawkwardsweetpotato4728]

You got it. :D The Prodigal Son parable is a story of how the wayward ones find God (again). It is also a lesson on grace and forgiveness. In our lives, we arrive at seasons where we become lost in the darkness inside and around us. The common thing for people to do is condemn us, hold our faults over our heads, and ultimately turn us away. But those who have truly found God are the ones who share the same grace that He has shared with us through Christ Jesus. That way, those who truly seek the light can find it. I love how unique Aboriginal Australian languages are. It's fascinating that most of them have developed this similar phonology.

[@LeesangYuki]

Do Hmong

[@wintherr3527]

And to think they create artificial languages for movies, like Klingon, when a language like this sounds just as "alien".

[@didack1419]

Truly. They took inspiration from languages like this, in fact. Kind-off silly

[@anawkwardsweetpotato4728]

Better that they do honestly. I would find it insulting to directly employ an aboriginal language as one of a fictional alien race. They're already marginalized enough as it is; the least we can do is appreciate the uniqueness of their languages without othering them.

[@medbiologiste7609]

A lot of q sound 😱

[@paleolibertarismoloquendo3478]

9;55 good cigarrette to smoke lol

[@jenny7778dkfkv]

Kukukakakkekekiki

[@anawkwardsweetpotato4728]

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[@gachi1297]

😂

[@mysteriousDSF]

Ugyan már

[@jenny7778dkfkv]

@@mysteriousDSF :D

[@peterfilipovic]

1st 😎

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

Pitjantjajtara seems to have a very tidy three-vowel system! I'm used to hearing more allophones in languages that only have three vowel phonemes.