Mutanen Kurtey (var. Kourtey ) ƙananan ƙabilu ne da aka samo a kwarin Kogin Neja a wasu ɓangarorin ƙasashen Afirka ta Yamma na Nijar, Benin, Mali, da Najeriya . Ana kuma samun su da adadi mai yawa a Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, da Burkina Faso . An ƙirƙiro Kurtey daga shigar mutanen Fula zuwa kwarin Kogin Neja na Yankin Tillaberi na zamani, Nijar a cikin ƙarni na 18, da kuma auratayyarsu da garin Songhai, Zarma, Sorko da sauransu. Yayin da suke tsare da fannoni da yawa na al'adun gargajiyar Fula, Kurtey sun mamaye hanyoyin rayuwar Songhai-Zarma kuma suna magana da yaren Kudancin Songhay. Wasu masu sa ido a waje suna ganin su wani yanki ne na mutanen Songhai, yayin da wasu ke bayyana su a matsayin al'ummomin da ke da tarihi daban-daban, al'adu, da kuma nuna bambancin kabila a cikin babbar hanyar magana ta Songhai, wanda mutanen Songhai ɓangare ɗaya ne. Su a yau adadinsu bai gaza 50000 ba, sun maida hankali ne kan tsibirai da kuma gefen kogin Niger kusa da Sansani, Dessa da Ayorou ; a Yamai (musamman a kwata-kwata Koutoukalé); kuma a kauyukan da ke tsakiyar Niger ta tsakiya daga Gao zuwa arewacin Najeriya.