| Kartu | |
|---|---|
| Kardu | |
| Geographic distribution: |
Western Australia |
| Linguistic classification: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Subdivisions: |
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The Kartu languages is the name given by linguists to a group of Indigenous Australian languages spoken in the Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia which are thought to be closely related and to descend from a relatively recent common ancestor.
The languages usually considered to be members of the Kartu group are:
The name kartu comes from the word for 'man' in one of the languages. In some earlier work the word was spelled 'kardu'.
The Kartu group is a member of the Southwest branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.