Suarmin language
Suarmin, or Asaba, is a Sepik language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua-New Guinea. Alternative names are Asabano, Akiapmin, Duranmin.
Suarmin | |
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Asaba | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | 140 (2000)[1] |
Sepik
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | seo |
Glottolog | suar1238 [2] |
Glottolog leaves it unclassified.
Noun classes
In Asaba, noun class affixes are suffixed to nouns. There are five noun classes. Examples:[3]
class singular (ex.) plural (ex.) gloss (ex.) class 1 nu-bu nu-le house(s) class 2 mena-du mena-no pig(s) class 3 kabia-si kabia-le stone(s) class 4 moko-ni moko-le fork(s) class 5 nomo-so nomo-l stone adze(s)
Class 1 is the default noun class.
Modifying adjectives agree with head nouns in class:[3]
na-bu kamaya-bu tree-I.SG big-I.SG - ‘tall tree’
kaiyebe-du kamaya-du cassowary-II.SG big-II.SG - ‘big cassowary’
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References
- Suarmin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Asabano". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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