| Kartu | |
| Also Known As: | Kardu |
| Region: | Western Australia |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Fam2: | Southwest |
| Glotto: | kart1249 |
| Glottorefname: | Kartu–Nhanda |
| Map: | Kartu languages.png |
| Mapcaption: | Kartu languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). Wajarri is the southern and interior group. |
| Child1: | Yinggarda |
| Child2: | Malgana |
| Child3: | Nhanda–Nhanhagardi? |
| Child4: | Wajarri |
| Child5: | Badimaya |
| Child6: | Thaagurda† |
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),[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 'kardu' was spelled.
The Kartu languages form a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.[2]