Fas language

Fas
Momu
Region Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
2,500 (2000 census)[1]
Fas
  • Fas
Language codes
ISO 639-3 fqs
Glottolog fass1245[2]

Fas (AKA Momu, Bembi) is the eponymous language of the small Fas language family of Papua New Guinea.

Fas was once mistakenly placed in the Kwomtari family, confusing their classification. Its only demonstrated relative is actually Baibai, with which it is 40% cognate. See Fas languages for details.

References

  1. Fas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Fas". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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