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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...
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  • *yaka(i) babo ‘mother’s sister’ < *mbamba ‘older same sex sibling’ Fasu language: ku- ‘die’ < *kumV- na- ‘eat’ < *na- reke- ‘stand’ < ta,e,i)k[V] ama...
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    higher Sa also known as C4. Ṡ is used in Emilian to represent [z], e.g. faṡû [faˈzuː] "beans" (Bolognese dialect). "Unicode Character "Ṡ" (U+1E60". Compart...
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    Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands, a region corresponding to...
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  • feature can also be found in approximately 60 Trans-New Guinea Languages such as Fasu and Oksapmin. Counting typically begins by touching (and usually...
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    The Ok languages are a family of about a dozen related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in a contiguous area of eastern Irian Jaya and western Papua New...
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    The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia...
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  • (TAP) languages are a family of languages spoken in Timor, Kisar, and the Alor archipelago in Southern Indonesia. It is the westernmost Papuan language family...
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    The Greater Binanderean or Guhu-Oro languages are a language family spoken along the northeast coast of the Papuan Peninsula – the "Bird's Tail" of New...
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    The Madang or Madang–Adelbert Range languages are a language family of Papua New Guinea. They were classified as a branch of Trans–New Guinea by Stephen...
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