Isnag language

Not to be confused with Itneg, a South-Central Cordilleran language.
Isnag
Isneg
Native to Philippines
Region most parts of Apayao province, northern parts of Abra, Luzon
Native speakers
 30,000–40,000 (1994)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
isd – Isnag
tiu – Adasen Itneg
Glottolog isna1241  (Isnag)[2]
adas1235  (Adasen)[3]
Linguasphere 31-CCA-a incl. inner units 31-CCA-aa...-ae

Area where Isnag (including Adasen Isneg) is spoken according to Ethnologue

Isnag (also called Isneg) is a language spoken by around 40,000 Isnag people of Apayao Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the northern Philippines. Around 85% of Isnag are capable of reading the Isnag language. Many Isnag speakers also use Ilokano.

Sounds

Isnag is also one of the Philippine languages which is excluded from [ɾ]-[d] allophone.

Language sample

Historical sound changes

The Proto-Malayo-Polynesian schwa ə has merged to /a/ such as *qatəp > atap (roof) similar to Kapampangan, atip in Tagalog and atup in Visayan.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Isnag at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Adasen Itneg at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Isnag". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Adasen". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. ↑ http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/word.php?v=62

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