Austin (1990:40) summarises the various previous classifications of Pirlatapa, noting the absence of available data on the language. He examines a transcript of the last recording made of Pirlatapa by Hercus in 1966 and tentatively concludes that it is most closely related to Diyari L17 and, to a lesser extent, Ngamini L22 which are associated with the Karnic language group (Hercus, 1994: 10).
Northeast of northern Flinders Ranges; north of Lake Frome; east to Callabonna and almost to Tilcha; northwest to Lake Blanche and Blanchewater; south to Wooltana and Hamilton Creek (Tindale 1974) Callabonna, Quinyambie Station and Through to Lake Elder, Congie Bore and Cooney Bore (according to George Dutton in Beckett 1958 as quoted by Hercus and Austin, in Bowern & Koch 2004:210).
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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).
