Global InformationKartutjarra language information
| Kartutjarra | |
|---|---|
| Kardutjara | |
| Region | near Jigalong, Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Kartudjara |
Native speakers | 21 (2016 census)[1] 6 speakers of pure Kartujarra (2006) |
Language family | Pama–Nyungan
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Signed forms | Kartutjarra Sign Language |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mpj – Martu Wangka |
| Glottolog | kart1247 |
| AIATSIS[1] | A51 |
| ELP |
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Kartutjarra (Kardutjara) is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert Language, but is classified as a distinct language in Bowern.[2]
It is one of the components of the Martu Wangka koine.
- ^ a b A51 Kartutjarra at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Claire Bowern and Quentin Atkinson. 2012. Computational phylogenetics and the internal structure of Pama-Nyungan. Language 88. 817-845. Johns Hopkins University Press.