Home›Australian Language Families›Macro-area›Pama-Nyungan: Central and Desert›All Pama-Nyungan: Central and DesertBrowse ByAll Pama-Nyungan: Central and DesertThis group collects members of the central geographic branches of the Pama-Nyungan family, covering the Western Desert (Wati) languages of central Australia such as Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra and Warlpiri, the Arandic languages around Alice Springs, the Karnic languages of the Lake Eyre basin, the Thura-Yura languages of South Australia's Spencer Gulf and Adelaide Plains, and the Kalkatungic and Ngarna branches of the Queensland-Northern Territory desert fringe. Placement follows each member's own description naming a central Australian region or one of these named branches.All Pama-Nyungan: Central and DesertComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)All Pama-Nyungan: Central and DesertFilter Results22 entriesSpeaker Count BandAll0 (1)1 to 570 (4)592 to 23,000 (3)RegionAllAustralia (18)New South Wales (1)Queensland (2)South Australia (8)Western Australia (2)Classification StatusAllEstablished (6)Number of LanguagesAll1 (9)2 (1)16 to 1,408 (1)3 to 5 (1)6 to 15 (3)In GroupAllPama-Nyungan: Central and Desert (22)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 22Arabana languageAustralian Language FamiliesArandic languagesAustralian Language FamiliesArrernte languageAustralian Language FamiliesDiyari languageAustralian Language FamiliesKalkatungic languagesAustralian Language FamiliesKalkatungu languageAustralian Language FamiliesKarnic languagesAustralian Language FamiliesKaurna languageAustralian Language FamiliesKaytetye languageAustralian Language FamiliesManyjilyjarra dialectAustralian Language FamiliesMartu WangkaAustralian Language FamiliesNgaanyatjarraAustralian Language FamiliesNgaatjatjarraAustralian Language FamiliesNgarna languagesAustralian Language FamiliesPitjantjatjaraAustralian Language FamiliesThura-Yura languagesAustralian Language FamiliesWangkangurru dialectAustralian Language FamiliesWarlpiri languageAustralian Language FamiliesWati languagesAustralian Language FamiliesYandruwandha languageAustralian Language FamiliesYankunytjatjara dialectAustralian Language FamiliesYarli languageAustralian Language FamiliesComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.