Kukatja (Yammacin Ostiraliya)

Mutanen Kukatja, kuma an rubuta Gugadja, ƴan asalin Ostiraliya ne na yankin Kimberley na Yammacin Ostiraliya.

 Kasar 
Yankunan gargajiya na Kukatja a koda yaushe sun kasance, a cewar, kusan murabba'in kilomita 11,900 (31,000 ), suna kewaye da Tafkin Gregory, kuma suna gudana zuwa gabas har zuwa Balgo. Yankin arewa ya kasance ne Billiluna, da ruwa a Ngaimangaima, alamar iyaka tsakanin maƙwabtansu  a arewa Dyaru, da Ngardi daga gabashin su. Sun kasance a yamma a kan Canning Stock Route, daga Koninara (Godfrey Tank) zuwa Marawuru (Well 40). A kan iyakokinsu na yamma sune al'ummar Nangatara, tare da su suna da dangantaka ta ƙiyayya.

 Da'awar ƙasa ta hadin gwiwa 
A ranar 21 ga Agusta 1980 masu suka fada  90 sun gabatar da da'awar filaye a madadin al'ummar Warlpiri, Kukatja da Ngarti, a matsayin masu mallakar gargajiya, a ƙarƙashin Dokar 'Yancin Ƙasar Aboriginal (Yankin Arewa) 1976, don yanki mai faɗin murabba'in kilomita 2,340 (900 sq mi).  Shi ne da'awar filaye na gargajiya na 11 da Majalisar Tsakiya ta gabatar a madadin masu mallakar gargajiya na Aborigin.  Ƙasar ta yi iyaka da yankunan da kowane harshe - Ngarti, Warlpiri, da Kukatja - ya mamaye.  Mutanen da suka fito daga ƙungiyoyin yare daban-daban sun sami tasiri a junansu yayin da suke zaune a Balgo, Western Australia da Lajamanu, yankin Arewa.  An gabatar da da'awar a Balgo Mission.  Shawarar da Mai Shari'a Sir William Kearney ya bayar a ranar 23 ga Agusta 1985 [1] kuma aka gabatar a ranar 19 ga Agusta 1986 shine cewa "dukkan yankin da'awar za a ba da shi ga Amintacciyar ƙasa don amfanin Aboriginan da ke da haƙƙin al'ada don amfani da shi ko sana'a, ko haƙƙin gargajiya ya cancanci wuri, lokaci, ko dalili.". 

Mutanen Kukatja suna magana da Yaren Kukatja na yaren Yammacin  Ostiraliya.

A zuwa 2019, masana kimiyya daga Jami'ar Queensland suna gudanar da aikin bincike kan yaren Kukatja a garin Balgo, harshen da ake magana da shi "ta mazauna kowane zamani kuma a fadin akalla kungiyoyi bakwai". Masu bincike suna yin rikodin tattaunawa da taswirar harshe, suna gaskata cewa Kukatja na iya samar da alamomi game da yadda harsuna ke yaduwa a duniya. Dokta Luis Miguel Rojas Berscia ya yi imanin cewa aikin, kamar yadda yake a wasu wurare kamar Amazon da Yammacin Afirka na iya zama zaren gama gari, yana kawo kabilun daban-daban tare a wurare masu nisa. Berscia, tare da matar Balgo Melissa Sunfly da sauran mazauna, suna aiki a kan haɓaka ƙamus na harshe da jagorar malami, kafin ƙaramin ƙarni ya ɗauki Turanci sosai.

 Nazarin Ethnographic 
Sylvie Poirier ya rubuta wani littafi mai suna wanda aka sadaukar don nazarin mafarkai (kapukurri) a cikin al'adun Gugadja. Yawancin Kukatja yanzu suna zaune a cikin al'ummar Mulan [<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span>]


 Dubi kuma 

 Ngururrpa, rukunan na mutane na kungiyoyin harsuna ciki har da Kukatja


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