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Australian indigenous language group

Kartu
Kardu
Geographic
distribution
Western Australia
Linguistic classificationPama–Nyungan
  • Southwest
    • Kartu
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologkart1249
Kartu languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). Wajarri is the southern and interior group.

The Kartu languages are a group of Indigenous Australian languages spoken in the Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia. They are thought to be closely related and to form a low-level genealogical group.

The languages usually considered to be members of the Kartu group are, from north to south:

The inclusion of Nhanda is dubious. It was excluded in Bowern & Koch (2004), but retained in Bowern (2011). Thaagurda was apparently also a Kartu language.

The name kartu comes from the word for 'man' in one of the languages. In some earlier work the word 'kardu' was spelled.

The Kartu languages form a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.

References

  1. Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
  2. ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?

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Pama–Nyungan languages
Paman languages
North
Northeast
Wik
Lamalamic
Yalanjic
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Norman
Thaypan
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KulinicKolakngat
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Kartu
Kanyara–Mantharta
Ngayarta
Marrngu
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Ngumpin–Yapa
Warumungu
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Kalkatungic
Mayi
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Wati
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Karnic
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  • Italics indicate extinct languages.
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