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Manjiljarra
Mandjildjara
Manyjilyjarra
Region near Jigalong, Western Australia
Ethnicity Mandjildjara (and Mandjindja?)
Native speakers 170 (2006 census); 311  (2016 census)aiatsis
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
AIATSIS A51.1

Manjiljarra (Manyjilyjarra, Mandjildjara) is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert Language, but is classified as a distinct language in Bowern.

It is one of the components of the Martu Wangka koine.

Sign language

Most of the peoples of central Australia have (or at one point had) signed forms of their languages. Among the Western Desert peoples, sign language has been reported specifically for Manjiljarra, though it is not clear from records how well developed it was.

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