Fasu language
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| Fasu | |
|---|---|
| West Kutubuan, Namo Me | |
| Region | New Guinea |
Native speakers | (1,200 cited 1981)[1] (750 Fasu, 300 Namuni, 150 Some) |
Papuan Gulf ?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | faa |
| Glottolog | fasu1242 |
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| File:Fasu language.svg Map: The Fasu language of New Guinea
The Fasu language
Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
Fasu, also known as Namo Me, is one of the Kutubuan languages of New Guinea.
Varieties
[edit | edit source]Wurm and Hattori (1981) considered its three principal dialects, Fasu, Some and Namumi, to be three languages, which they called the West Kutubuan family. However, Glottolog and Usher consider Fasu to be a single language.
Classification
[edit | edit source]Fasu is not particularly close to the two East Kutubuan languages, though Usher reconfirms a connection.
Although Fasu has proto-TNG vocabulary, Malcolm Ross considers its traditional inclusion in TNG to be somewhat questionable. Other researchers agree.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Loeweke, Eunice and Jean May. 1980. General Grammar of Fasu (Namo me): Lake Kutubu, Southern Highlands Province. In Don Hutchisson (ed.), Grammatical studies in Fasu and Mt. Koiali, 5–106. Workpapers in Papua New Guinea Languages, no. 27. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Fasu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Namo Me