Pertame language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pertame |
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| Southern Arrernte, Southern Aranda Pertame |
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| Region | South-Eastern Northern Territory, along the Finke River |
| Extinct | 2018 |
| Language family |
Pama–Nyungan
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| AIATSIS | C46 |
Pertame is an important Indigenous Australian language. It's also known as Southern Arrernte or Southern Aranda. This language comes from the area south of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, near the Finke River. It's part of the Arandic language family.
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Saving the Pertame Language
By 2018, there were only about 20 people who could speak Pertame fluently. This means the language is critically endangered.
The Pertame Project
To help save Pertame, the Pertame Project was started. This project aims to keep the language alive and help more people learn it. A respected Pertame elder named Christobel Swan leads this important effort.
Support for Endangered Languages
In 2020, Pertame became one of 20 languages chosen for special help. This support comes from the Priority Languages Support Project. First Languages Australia runs this project, with funding from the Department of Communications and the Arts. The main goal is to find and record languages that are in danger of disappearing. This includes languages that haven't been written down or recorded before, but still have living speakers.
Famous Pertame Speakers
A well-known artist named Erlikilyika, also known as Jim Kite, was a speaker of the Pertame language.
