Fasu, also known as Namo Me, is one of the Kutubuan languages of New Guinea.
| 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 |
| ELP | Fasu |
 Map: The Fasu language of New Guinea
The Fasu language
Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
Varieties
editWurm 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
editFasu 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- 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- ^ 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
edit- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Namo Me