title: Suarmin language
text: # Suarmin language
  
  Suarmin, or Asaba, is a Sepik language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua-New Guinea. Alternative names are Asabano, Akiapmin, Duranmin.
  
  Glottolog leaves it unclassified.
  
  ## Pronouns
  
  Pronouns are:
  
      sgdupl 1incl adiabe 1excl anadinesine 2 aboaboduaapa 3 yoataduaata
  
  ## Noun classes
  
  In Asaba, noun class affixes are suffixed to nouns. There are five noun classes. Examples:
  
      classsingular (ex.)plural (ex.)gloss (ex.) class 1nu-bunu-lehouse(s) class 2mena-dumena-nopig(s) class 3kabia-sikabia-lestone(s) class 4moko-nimoko-lefork(s) class 5nomo-sonomo-lstone adze(s)
  
  Class 1 is the default noun class.
  
  Modifying adjectives agree with head nouns in class:
  
  na-bu
  
  tree-I.SG
  
  kamaya-bu
  
  big-I.SG
  
  na-bu kamaya-bu
  
  tree-I.SG big-I.SG
  
  ‘tall tree’
  
  kaiyebe-du
  
  cassowary-II.SG
  
  kamaya-du
  
  big-II.SG
  
  kaiyebe-du kamaya-du
  
  cassowary-II.SG big-II.SG
  
  ‘big cassowary’
  
  