LURITA IS A NAME USED TO DESCRIBE SEVERAL DIALECTS OF THE DESERT LANGUAGE. IT'S MEANING IS A FOREIGNER. IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN APPLIED BY ARRENTE SPEAKERS TO PEOPLE OF THE WESTERN DESERT LANGUAGE GROUP WHO RELOCATED TO FROM REMOTE DESERT AREAS TO ALICE SPRINGS.
THE LURITJA LAND IS WEST AND SOUTH OF ALICE SPRINGS. THEIR AREA IS NEAR WATARRKA NATIONAL PARK AND IS REFERRED TO AS KINGS CANYON. THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THERE. OVER TIME YOUNGER GENERATIONS HAVE TAKEN ON THE TERM AS THEIR ETHNONYM.
PAPUNYA LURITA IS THE VARIETY OF LURITJA SPOKEN AROUND THE COMMUNITY OF PAPUNYA. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIALECTS. THEIR TOTAL POPULATION IS IN THE 1000'S MAKING THEM THE THIRD LARGEST OF ABORIGINAL POPULATIONS.
THEY RELY HEAVILY ON THE SALE OF ARTWORK. THEY HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FAMOUS ARTISTS. THEY LIVE IN PAPUNYA AND KINTORI. THE PAPUNYA TULA COMPANY IS WORLD FAMOUS FOR ARTISTS. NAKARA IS A NORTH SUBURB OF DARWIN. THE NAKAR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS LIVE AROUND BOUUCART BAY WHICH IS WEST OF THE BLYTHE RIVER. THEY HAVE A POPULATION OF OVER 2000 FOLKS.
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