Distribution and Spelling
The following table shows the main WDL dialects in which it is used (left column) along with the word spelled according to the orthography of that dialect (right column).
| Pitjantjatjara | aṉangu |
| Southern (Titjikala) Luritja | yarnangu |
| Pintupi Luritja | aṉangu |
| Ngaanyatjarra | yarnangu |
| Ngaatjatjarra | yarnangu |
| Yankunytjatjara | yaṉangu |
The reasons for the spelling variations are: some WDL dialects do not allow vowel-initial words—in these varieties the word begins with y; some orthographies use underlining (e.g. ṉ) to indicate a retroflex consonant, while others use a digraph (e.g. rn). Pitjantjatjara seems to be the best-known source for the word, but the underlining of the consonant is often ignored (or not understood) by English speakers, and is difficult to type, so the word is very commonly seen as anangu. It is probably best in this article to continue using the word in the most familiar form (which is also the article title) despite the fact that it is an incorrect spelling.
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