Yaren Yammacin Desert

Harshen Yammacin Yamma, ko **Wati**, yare ne na yarukan Aboriginal na ƙasar Australiya a cikin Iyalin Pama-Nyungan .

Ana amfani da sunan *Wati* lokacin da ake la'akari da nau'ikan daban-daban don zama harsuna daban-daban, Yammacin Yammacin lokacin da ake nazarin su yaruka na yare ɗaya, ko *Wati* a matsayin Warnman tare da Yammacin Desert.

## Wurin da jerin al'ummomi
Masu magana da yaruka daban-daban na Yammacin Yammacin Desert Language sun zauna a yawancin wuraren hamada na Yammaci Australia, Kudancin ƙasar
Australia da Yankin Arewa. Yawancin mutanen Yammacin Yamma suna zaune a cikin al'ummomi a kan ko kusa da ƙasashensu na gargajiya, kodayake wasu yanzu suna zaune a ɗaya daga cikin garuruwan da ke gefen yankin hamada kamar Kalgoorlie, Laverton, Alice Springs, Port Augusta, Meekatharra, Halls Creek da Fitzroy Crossing.

Wadannan sune jerin yankunan Yammacin Yamma:

* Kintore, Yankin Arewa
* Kogin Docker, Yankin Arewa
* Ernabella, Kudancin Australia
* Amata, Kudancin Australia
* Fregon, Kudancin Australia
* Pipalyatjara, Kudancin Australia
* Kalka, Kudancin Australia
* Warburton, Yammacin Ostiraliya
* Kiwirrkurra, Yammacin Ostiraliya
* Balgo, Yammacin Ostiraliya
* Aputula, Yankin Arewa (wanda aka fi sani da Finke) 
* Imanpa, Yankin Arewa (wanda aka fi sani da Dutsen Ebenezer) 
* Mutitjulu, Yankin Arewa
* Jigalong, Yammacin Ostiraliya

## Ci gaba da yaren
Harshen Yammacin Yamma ya kuma ƙunshi cibiyar sadarwa ta yarukan da ke da alaƙa da juna; sunayen wasu daga cikin waɗannan sun zama sanannun (kamar Pitjantjatjara) kuma galibi ana kiransu "harsuna". Kamar yadda dukan rukunin yarukan da suka zama yaren ba su da sunansa ana kiransa da Yammacin Yammacin. Masu magana da WDL da ke magana da harshe gabaɗaya suna amfani da kalmomi daban-daban ciki har da *wangka* ("harshe") ko *wangka yuti* ("magana mai haske"). Ga masu magana da asali, harshe yana da fahimtar juna a duk faɗin.

### Harsuna
Wadannan sune wasu daga cikin nau'ikan da ake kira na Yammacin Yammacin.

## Harshe

### Matsayi
Harshen Yammacin Yamma yana da dubban masu magana, yana mai da shi ɗaya daga cikin harsunan asalin ƙasar Australiya mafi ƙarfi. Har yanzu ana watsa yaren ga yara kuma yana da adadi mai yawa na wallafe-wallafen, musamman a cikin yarukan Pitjantjatjara da Yankunytjatjara a Kudancin ƙasar Australia inda a baya akwai shirin harsuna biyu mai tsawo.  &#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>

=== Fasahar sauti ===
A cikin teburin da ke biyowa na tsarin sauti na WDL, alamomi a cikin ƙuƙwalwar ƙuƙwalwa suna ba da ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadadden ƙayyadamuran da yawancin al'ummomin WDL ke amfani da su. An ba da ƙarin bayani game da rubutun da ake amfani da su a yankuna daban-daban a ƙasa. Ana nuna dabi'un sauti a cikin IPA a cikin [square brackets].  <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

#### Sautin sautin

Harshen Yammacin Yamma yana da tsarin sautuna uku na yau da kullun (don Ostiraliya) tare da bambancin tsawon da ke haifar da jimlar sautuna shida masu yiwuwa.  &#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>

==== Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi ====

Kamar yadda aka nuna a cikin ginshiƙi, WDL ya bambanta matsayi biyar na magana, kuma yana da maganganun baki da hanci a kowane matsayi. Tsayawa ba su da bambancin murya amma suna nuna murya da ba a bayyana ba; tsayarwa yawanci ba a bayyana su a farkon kalma ba, kuma ana bayyana su a wasu wurare. A cikin matsayi biyu, yawanci ba su da sha'awa. Babu sassan fricative.  <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

### Rubutun kalmomi
Duk da yake yarukan WDL suna da irin wannan sauti akwai nau'o'i daban-daban da ake amfani da su, wanda ya haifar da abubuwan da masu bincike daban-daban suka fi so da kuma gaskiyar cewa yankin WDL ya kai cikin jihohi uku (Yammacin Australia, Kudancin Australia da Yankin Arewa), tare da kowannensu yana da tarihin kansa na binciken harshe da manufofin ilimi.&#x5B;**&#x5D;

### Harshen kurame
Yawancin mutanen tsakiyar Ostiraliya suna da (ko a wani lokaci suna da) siffofin sa hannu na yarensu. Daga cikin mutanen Yammacin Yamma, an ba da rahoton yaren kurame musamman ga Kardutjara da Yurira Watjalku,  Ngaatjatjarra (Ngada),  da Manjiljarra. An san Kardutjara da Yurira Watjalku da aka sanya hannu da cewa sun bunkasa sosai, kodayake ba a bayyana daga bayanan da suka sanya hannu Ngada da Manjiljarra ba.

## Manazarta

* [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9] A Grammar na Yankunytjatjara . Alice Springs: IAD.
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## Haɗin waje

* Sashe na 'Western Desert' na Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley An adana shi 2009-08-27 a