Fasu
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A language of Papua New Guinea
Alternate Names
Namo Aporo, Namome
Autonym
Namo Me
User Population
1,100 (San Roque and Loughnane 2012).
Location
Southern Highlands province: Nipa district; Gulf province; Western province: Kikori river.
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Language Status
5* (Developing).
Dialects
Some, Kaibu (Kaipu), Namome (Namumi, Namuni).
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1976–1995.


Some and Namuni may be separate languages (Wurm and Hattori 1981).