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