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. 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:
Grammar
Personal pronouns
Southern Sorsogon has three personal pronoun sets.
Deictic pronouns
Southern Sorsogon has three deictic pronoun sets.
Noun case markers
Southern Sorsogon has three noun case marker sets.
Verbs
Verbs in Southern Sorsogon are inflected for focus and aspect.
Vocabulary
Numbers
Southern Sorsogon has the following numbers:
See also
- Waray language
- Waray people
- Masbateño language
- Bisakol languages
- Visayans
References
