填空题 Arrernte Language阿兰达语
The Arrernte region is large and traditional, there are many different 1 areas within it, each with their own dialect. Language is strongly 2 with family membership and the relationships to land and Dreamings that 3 with this. Identifying as a speaker of a particular language or 4 can be very important for Arrernte people in a way that 5 beyond just the actual language. It is a way of expressing 6 in a particular family, or association to particular country. The differences 7 dialects, even when they are only small differences, are often very 8 to speakers.
The coming together of speakers of different dialects of 9 in Alice Springs, in government and mission settlements, and on cattle 10 , has also resulted in some confusion about the traditional dialect distinctions 11 the area. There have been quite large changes in some dialects 12 older generations to younger, and there are many words that only 13 oldest speakers now know. Arrernte people still know the different family 14 , but it is sometimes less clear which ones a particular word 15 in.
From time immemorial—that is, as far back as 16 go—the boundaries of the tribes have been where they 17 now fixed. Within them their ancestors roamed about, hunting and performing 18 ceremonies just as their living descendants do at the present day. 19 has never apparently been the least attempt made by one tribe 20 encroach upon the territory of another.