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Ifugao language

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Native to
  
Philippines

Glottolog
  
ifug1247

Region
  
Ifugao, Luzon

Ifugao language

Native speakers
  
(130,000 cited 1987–2007)

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Central Cordilleran Nuclear Cordilleran Ifugao

ISO 639-3
  
Variously: ifb – Batad Ifugao ifa – Amganad Ifugao ifu – Mayoyao Ifugao ifk – Tuwali language

Ifugao or Batad is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the northern valleys of Ifugao, Philippines. It is a member of the Northern Luzon subfamily and is closely related to the Bontoc and Kankanaey languages. It is a dialect continuum, and its four main varieties—such as Tuwali—are sometimes considered separate languages.

Contents

Loanwords from other languages, such as the Ilocano language, are replacing some older terminology.

Dialects

Ethnologue reports the following locations for each of the 4 Ifugao languages.

  • Amganad Ifugao: spoken in Hungduan and Banaue municiplities of Ifugao Province, and into southwestern Mountain Province. 27,100 speakers as of 2000. Dialects are Burnay Ifugao and Banaue Ifugao.
  • Batad Ifugao (Ayangan Ifugao): spoken in central Ifugao Province. There are also some speakers in Isabela Province, on the eastern shore of the Magat reservoir. 10,100 speakers as of 2002. Dialects include Ducligan Ifugao.
  • Mayoyao Ifugao (Mayaoyaw): spoken in Ifugao Province, (northern Mayoyao, Aguinaldo, and Alfonso Lista municipalities) and Mountain Province (2 small border areas). 30,000 speakers as of 2007.
  • Tuwali Ifugao (Gilipanes, Ifugaw, Kiangan Ifugao, Quiangan, Tuwali): spoken in southern Ifugao Province. 30,000 speakers as of 2000. Dialects are Hapao Ifugao, Hungduan Ifugao, and Lagawe Ifugao.

    • Orthography

    The unified Ifugao alphabet is as follows: A, B, D, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, Ng, O, P, T, U, W, Y. The letters are pronounced differently depending on the dialect of speaker.

    References

    Ifugao language Wikipedia
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