 It is very similar to its close neighbours Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Pintupi, with which it is highly mutually intelligible.Most Ngaatjatjarra live in one of the communities of Warburton, Warakurna, Tjukurla or Docker River.The name "Ngaatjatjarra" derives from the word "ngaatja" 'this' which, combined with the comitative suffix "-tjarra" means something like ' "ngaatja"-having'.