Mantjintjarra (A33) and Manyjilyjarra A51.1 are names of some form of the Western Desert language A80. However, it is unclear whether these names refer to the same variety or not. Note that Mantjintjarra (A33) is not included in Thieberger's list of variant names for Manjiljarra A51.1 (1993:202).
Previously Manjiljarra A51.1 was included in the Thesaurus heading for Mandjindja / Mantjintarra / Manjiljarra (A33). There may be some items in the Collection labelled Mantjintjarra (A33) which are in fact Manyjilyjarra A51.1.
Sandhill country south of Warburton Range (not extending to this range), commencing at Papakula (Babba-goola Rockhole on maps); west to Lakes Gillen and Thros-sell; south to Amy Rocks and Saunders Range; east to Lenga:na, a ['wati 'walji 'tjukur] place probably east of Sydney Yeo Chasm; southeast to Wardadikanja (Tindale 1974).
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Speaker numbers were measured differently across the censuses and various other sources listed in AUSTLANG. You are encouraged to refer to the sources.
Speaker numbers for ‘NILS 2004’ and ‘2005 estimate’ come from 'Table F.3: Numbers of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages (various surveys)' in 'Appendix F NILS endangerment and absolute number results' in McConvell, Marmion and McNicol 2005, pages 198-230 (PDF, 2.5MB).