Fasu language explained

Fasu
Nativename:Namo Me
Also Known As:West Kutubuan
Region:New Guinea
Speakers:1,200
Date:1981
Ref:e18
Speakers2:(750 Fasu, 300 Namuni, 150 Some)
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Papuan Gulf ?
Fam2:Kikorian
Fam3:Kutubuan
Dia1:Some
Dia2:Kaibu (Kaipu)
Dia3:Namome (Namumi, Namuni)
Iso3:faa
Glotto:fasu1242
Glottorefname:Fasu
Map:Fasu language.svg
Mapcaption:Map: The Fasu language of New Guinea

Fasu, also known as Namo Me, is one of the Kutubuan languages of New Guinea.

Varieties

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

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.

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