| Pertame | |
|---|---|
| Southern Arrernte, Southern Aranda | |
| Pertame | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | South-EasternNorthern Territory, along theFinke River |
Native speakers | <20 (2018)[1] 11-50 (2018-19)[2] |
| Revival | [3] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | pert1234 |
| AIATSIS[2] | C46 |
Pertame, also known asSouthern Arrernte orSouthern Aranda, is anArandic language (but not of theArrernte language group) from the country south ofAlice Springs, along theFinke River, north and north-west of the location inhabited by speakers ofLower Arrernte.[4]Ethnologue classes Pertame as a variant name for Lower Southern, but other sources vary in their classifications and descriptions of this language.
With only 20 fluent speakers left by 2018,[1] the Pertame Project is seeking to retain and revive the language, headed by Pertame elder Christobel Swan.[5]
As of 2020[update], Pertame is one of 20 languages prioritised as part of the Priority Languages Support Project, being undertaken by First Languages Australia and funded by theDepartment of Communications and the Arts. The project aims to "identify and document critically-endangered languages — those languages for which little or no documentation exists, where no recordings have previously been made, but where there are living speakers".[6]
Renowned artistErlikilyika (Jim Kite) was a Pertame speaker.[7][8]
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