Suarmin language
| Suarmin | |
|---|---|
| Asabano Duranmin | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | 140 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | seo |
| Glottolog | suar1238 |
| ELP | Asaba |
Suarmin, or Asabano, is a Sepik language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua-New Guinea. Alternative names are Akiapmin, Duranmin. Glottolog leaves it unclassified:
- Typological arguments are not sufficient to conclude a Leonard Schultze family with Walio. Neither is the shared animate-suffix with Walio conclusive of a genetic relation. The lexical evidence does not show any conclusive genetic relationship either, be it inside or outside Leon[h]ard Schultze, or with Papi (a higher figure (29%) of Papi–Duranmin lexicostatistical relations ... is superseded by later, below 10%, figures...).
References
- ^ Suarmin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)