Waray Sorsogon language
# Waray Sorsogon language

Waray Sorsogon (also 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:

Vowels :

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| Close | i | | u |
| Open | | a | |

Consonants :

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

## Grammar

### Personal pronouns

Southern Sorsogon has three pronoun sets.

| | 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.

| | 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 |
