Kartutjarra language

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]

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 Wati Kartutjarra
Signed forms	Kartutjarra Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mpj – Martu Wangka
Glottolog	kart1247
AIATSIS[1]	A51
ELP	Kartujarra 6689

It is one of the components of the Martu Wangka koine.

Sign language

Main article: Australian Aboriginal sign languages

Most of the peoples of central Australia have (or at one point had) signed forms of their languages. Among the Western Desert peoples, sign language has been reported specifically for Kardutjara.^[3] Signed Kardutjara is known to have been well-developed.^[4]