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The Pitjantjatjara of Australia

The Pitjantjatjara of Australia, numbering approximately 7,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Aboriginal Australian Anangu people of the Western Desert whose traditional homeland spans northwestern South Australia and adjoining areas of the Northern Territory and Western Australia near Uluru. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Pitjantjatjara is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Pitjantjatjara

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Aboriginal Australians
Primary Language(s): Pitjantjatjara (pjt)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 7,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG008055
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

36%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Pitjantjatjara
Language Family: Pama-Nyungan

60%
%
Pitjantjatjara Speakers

Media Resources in Pitjantjatjara:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Pitjantjatjara:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Bible Society Australia 2002, 2007, 2018✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Pitjantjatjara bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Pitjantjatjara are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Pitjantjatjara:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Pitjantjatjara of Australia

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
readMatthew 25:36

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will honor Jesus and find joy as they take care of those in need.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Pitjantjatjara Across Countries (ROP3 - 108066) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PitjantjatjaraPG008055PitjantjatjaraAustralia7,200No Longer UnreachedPitjantjatjaraProtestantism

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