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Central Luzon languages

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Glottolog:
  
cent2080

Central Luzon languages

Geographicdistribution:
  
western parts of Central Luzon near Mount Pinatubo and the whole Pampanga province

Linguistic classification:
  
AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianPhilippineNorthern PhilippineCentral Luzon

Subdivisions:
  
KapampanganSambalicSinauna

The Central Luzon languages are a group of languages belonging to the Philippine languages. These are predominantly spoken in the western portions of Central Luzon in the Philippines. One of them, Kapampangan, is the major language of the Pampanga-Mount Pinatubo area. However, despite having three to four million speakers, it is threatened by the diaspora of its speakers after the June 1991 eruption of that volcano. Globalization also threatened the language, with the younger generation more on using and speaking Tagalog and English, but promotion and everyday usage boosted the vitality of Kapampangan.

Internal classification

The Central Luzon languages are:

  • Kapampangan
  • Sambali
  • Abellen
  • Ambala
  • Bolinao
  • Botolan
  • Mag-antsi
  • Mag-indi
  • MariveleƱo
  • Sambali
  • Sinauna
  • References

    Central Luzon languages Wikipedia


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