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(Redirected from Usino language)
Rai Coast language spoken in Papua New Guinea
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.
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.
Syllable types in Sob
Single Syllable
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V
e 'or'
e.ge 'eye'
keb fu.gi.a.ga 'light from fire'
fi.o 'fog'
CV
mi 'louse'
ta.ba 'head'
u.di.ge 'sand'
su.be 'mouth'
CVC
nur 'nose'
keb kaj 'water snake'
a.büs.kaj 'old woman'
si.bim 'stomach'
VC
am 'what'
ag.fe.re.a.ga 'he leads'
***
gi.tu.ar 'dusk'
Personal pronouns
Singular
Plural
1st
ye
sini (exclusive); sige (inclusive)
2nd
nag
nini; ninag
3rd
nu
nini
References
Sop at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)