Western Desert language

Western Desert
Wati
Native to	Australia
Region	Desert areas of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory
Ethnicity	Western Desert cultural bloc
Native speakers	7,400[failed verification] (2006 census)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Desert Nyungic Wati Western Desert
Standard forms	Martu Wangka
Dialects	Antakarinya dialect Kartujarra dialect Kokatha dialect Kukatja (A68) Kuwarra dialect Luritja dialect Manyjilyjarra dialect Mantjintjarra dialect Martu Wangka dialect Nakako dialect Ngaanyatjarra dialect Ngaatjatjarra dialect Ngalia dialect Pindiini dialect/Wangkatha dialect/Wangkatja dialect Pintupi dialect Pitjantjatjara dialect Putijarra dialect Tjupan dialect Wangkajunga dialect Yankunytjatjara dialect
Signed forms	Western Desert Sign Language Manjiljarra Sign Language Ngada Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: ktd – Kokata (Kukarta) kux – Kukatja mpj – Martu Wangka ntj – Ngaanyatjarra pti – Pintiini (Wangkatja) piu – Pintupi-Luritja pjt – Pitjantjatjara tjp – Tjupany kdd – Yankunytjatjara
Glottolog	wati1241  Wati
AIATSIS[1]	A80
ELP	Kukatja
	Pintiini[2]
Wati languages (green) among Pama–Nyungan (tan)
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The Western Desert language, or Wati, is a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages in the Pama–Nyungan family.

The name Wati tends to be used when considering the various varieties to be distinct languages, Western Desert when considering them dialects of a single language, or Wati as Warnman plus the Western Desert cluster.