Southern Sorsogon language


Southern Sorsogon is a Bisayan language spoken in the southern part of Sorsogon, Philippines, in the municipalities of Gubat, Barcelona, Bulusan, Santa Magdalena, Matnog, Bulan, and Irosin. Although located in the Bicol Region, Southern Sorsogon belongs to the Warayan Bisayan subgroup, and is mutually intelligible to Waray which is spoken to the south on the neighboring island of Samar. The other two Bisayan languages spoken in the Bicol Region are Masbate Sorsogon and Masbateño.

Phonology

Southern Sorsogon has the following phoneme inventory:
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Grammar

Personal pronouns

Southern Sorsogon has three personal pronoun sets.
nominativegenitiveoblique
1st person singularakukuakuʔ
2nd person singularikaw, kamuimu
3rd person singularsiyaniyakaniya
1st person plural inclusivekitataatuʔ
1st person plural exclusivekamimiamuʔ
2nd person pluralkamuniyuiyu
3rd person pluralsiranirakanira

Deictic pronouns

Southern Sorsogon has three deictic pronoun sets.
nominativegenitiveoblique
this, here inisinidini
that, there yuʔunsuʔunduʔun
yon, over there idtu, yadtusadtudidtu

Noun case markers

Southern Sorsogon has three noun case marker sets.

Verbs

Verbs in Southern Sorsogon are inflected for focus and aspect.
completedprogressiveanticipativeinfinitiveimperative
Actor focusnag-/
naN-		nag-CV-
naN-CV-		má-
maN-CV-		mag-/
maN-		pag-/∅
paN-
Patient focusCV-CV- -un-un-a
Locative focus -anCV- -anCV- -an-an-i
Instrument focusCV-i-CV-i--an

Vocabulary

Numbers

Southern Sorsogon has the following numbers:
EnglishTagalogSouthern Sorsogon
oneisásayúʔ
twodalawáduwá
threetatlótulú
fourapatupát
fivelimálimá
sixanimunúm
sevenpitópitú
eightwalówalú
ninesiyámsyám
tensampoʔnapúluʔ