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Kutubuan language of New Guinea ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Fasu
West Kutubuan, Namo Me
RegionNew Guinea
Native speakers(1,200 cited 1981)
(750 Fasu, 300 Namuni, 150 Some)
Language familyPapuan Gulf ?
Dialects
  • Some
  • Kaibu (Kaipu)
  • Namome (Namumi, Namuni)
Language codes
ISO 639-3faa
Glottologfasu1242
ELPFasu
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

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.

Further reading

  • 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

  1. Fasu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.

External links

  • Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Namo Me
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