| Fasu | |
|---|---|
| West Kutubuan, Namo Me | |
| Region | New Guinea |
Native speakers | (1,200 cited 1981) [1] (750 Fasu, 300 Namuni, 150 Some) |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | faa |
| Glottolog | fasu1242 |
| ELP | Fasu |
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Fasu, also known as Namo Me, is one of the Kutubuan languages of New Guinea.
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.
Fasu is not particularly close to the two East Kutubuan languages, though Usher reconfirms a connection.
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