Sop language
Sop (also Sob, Usino) is a Rai Coast language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea by approximately 2,500 people.
| Sop | |
|---|---|
| Sob | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | 2,300 (2003)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | urw |
| Glottolog | sopp1247[2] |
The Sop 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. They use Sop as the name for their language.
Consonants
| Labial | Apical | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k ɡ | |
| Fricative | f | s | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Approximant | w | j | ||
| Flap | ɾ |
- 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
| Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|
| i | ɯ <ü> u | |
| e | o | |
| ɑ |
Personal pronouns
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st | ye | sini (exclusive); sige (inclusive) |
| 2nd | nag | nini; ninag |
| 3rd | nu | nini |
References
- Sop at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sop". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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