Southern Sorsogon language

Southern Sorsogon
Southern Sorsogon
Gubat
Native to	Philippines
Region	Sorsogon
Native speakers	(185,000 cited 1975 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Bisayan Central Bisayan Warayan Southern Sorsogon; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	srv
Glottolog	wara1299 Waray Sorsogon

Southern Sorsogon (also Waray Sorsogon, Bisakol, 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.

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
Plosive	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative			s			h
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Lateral			l
Trill			r
Semivowel				j	w

	nominative	genitive	oblique
this, here (near speaker & addressee)	ini	sini	dini
that, there (near addressee)	yuʔun	suʔun	duʔun
yon, over there (remote)	idtu, yadtu^[5]	sadtu	didtu

Phonology

	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