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Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
Southern Sorsogon (also Waray Sorsogon , Gubat ) 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 .
[2] 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 .
[3] The other two Bisayan languages spoken in the Bicol Region are
Masbate Sorsogon and
Masbateño .
Phonology
Southern Sorsogon has the following phoneme inventory:
[3]
Grammar
Personal pronouns
Southern Sorsogon has three pronoun sets.
[3]
nominative
genitive
oblique
1st person singular
aku
ku
akuʔ
2nd person singular
ikaw , ka
mu
imu
3rd person singular
siya
niya
kaniya
1st person plural inclusive
kita
ta
atuʔ
1st person plural exclusive
kami
mi
amuʔ
2nd person plural
kamu
niyu
iyu
3rd person plural
sira
nira
kanira
Verbs
Verbs in Southern Sorsogon are inflected for
focus and
aspect .
[4]
completed
progressive
anticipative
infinitive
imperative
Actor focus
nag-/⟨un⟩ naN-
nag-CV- naN-CV-
má- maN-CV-
mag-/⟨un⟩ maN-
pag-/∅ paN-
Patient focus
⟨in⟩
C⟨in⟩ V-
CV- -un
-un
-a
Locative focus
⟨in⟩ -an
C⟨in⟩ V- -an
CV- -an
-an
-i
Instrument focus
⟨in⟩
C⟨in⟩ V-
i-CV-
i-
-an
See also
References
Asi Cebuan Central
West
South
(unclassified)
* indicates proposed status ? indicates classification dispute † indicates
extinct status
Official languages
Regional languages Indigenous languages (by
region )
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