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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

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
readPsalm 96:5

Pray that those who are seeking after worthless idols will not be satisfied until they seek the truth and find it in Christ.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
readMatthew 18:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be encouraged as they remember that Jesus is with them when they gather in His name.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
PitjantjatjaraPG008055PitjantjatjaraAustralia7,200No Longer UnreachedPitjantjatjaraProtestantism

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