Arrernte language

Upper Arrernte
Arrernte
Region	Northern Territory, Australia
Ethnicity	Arrernte people, Alyawarre, Anmatyerre, Ayerrereng, Yuruwinga
Native speakers	4,100 (2021 census)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Arandic Arrernte Upper Arrernte
Writing system	Latin
Signed forms	Arrernte Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: amx – Anmatjirra aly – Alyawarr adg – Antekerrepenhe aer – Eastern Arrernte are – Western Arrernte axe – Ayerrerenge
Glottolog	aran1263
AIATSIS[2]	C8 Arrernte, C14 Alyawarr, C8.1 Anmatyerre, C12 Antekerrepenh, G12 Ayerrerenge, C28 Akarre
ELP	Eastern and Central Arrernte Antekerrepenh
Where Arandic is spoken
Arrernte is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Arrernte or Aranda (/ˈʌrəndə/;^[3] Eastern Arrernte pronunciation: [aɾəⁿɖə]), or sometimes referred to as Upper Arrernte (Upper Aranda), is a dialect cluster in the Arandic language group spoken in parts of the Northern Territory, Australia, by the Arrernte people. Other spelling variations are Arunta or Arrarnta, and all of the dialects have multiple other names.

There are about 1,800 speakers of Eastern/Central Arrernte, making this dialect one of the widest spoken of any Indigenous language in Australia, the one usually referred to as Arrernte and the one described in detail below. It is spoken in the Alice Springs area and taught in schools and universities, heard in media and used in local government.

The second biggest dialect in the group is Alyawarre. Some of the other dialects are spoken by very few people, leading to efforts to revive their usage; others are now completely extinct.