Sob (also Sob, Usino) is a
Rai Coast language spoken in
Madang Province
Madang is a province of Papua New Guinea. The province is on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea and has many of the country's highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages. The capital is the town of Madang.
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
by approximately 2,500 people.
The Sob language has been labelled under several different names. Among the names are Usino, Usina, Sopu, and Igoi. Usino is the name of one of the villages and the name used for the government station. The speakers of this language do not recognize the name Usino as a name for their language, but use the
endonym Sob.
Phonology
Consonants
*Where symbols appear in pairs the one to the left represents a voiceless consonant
*''t'', and ''d'' represent dental/alveolar/post-alveolar consonants, while ''n'' is only alveolar
Vowels
Syllabification
The canonical syllable profile of Sob is (C)V(C). Thus, vowels are required to have a nuclear vowel, and may optionally have an onset and/or coda. The overwhelming majority of syllables have an onset in Sob, forming the unmarked CV shape. Complex onsets and complex codas are disallowed for markedness.
Personal pronouns
References
External links
Rosetta Project: Sop Swadesh list
Rai Coast languages
Languages of Madang Province
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