Kartu languages

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

The Kartu languages is 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:

  • Yinggarda
  • Malgana
  • ? Nhanda (possibly also Nhanhagardi)
  • Wajarri
  • Badimaya

The inclusion of Nhanda is dubious. It was excluded in Bowern & Koch (2004),[1] but retained in Bowern (2011).[2] 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 was spelled 'kardu'.

The Kartu languages form a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.[2]

References[]

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

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