Ifugao language

Ifugao
Native to	Philippines
Region	Ifugao Province, Luzon
Native speakers	(130,000 cited 1987–2007)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Central Cordilleran Nuclear Cordilleran Ifugao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: ifb – Batad Ifugao ifa – Amganad Ifugao ifu – Mayoyao Ifugao ifk – Tuwali Ifugao
Glottolog	ifug1247[2]
Area where the Ifugao dialect continuum is spoken according to Ethnologue

Ifugao or Batad is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Ifugao Province of the northern valleys Philippines, closely related to Bontok and Kankana-ey.^[3] It is a dialect continuum, and its four main varieties—such as Tuwali—are sometimes considered separate languages.^[4]

Loanwords from other languages, such as the Ilocano language, are replacing some older terminology.^[5]

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.^[6]

References

1. Batad Ifugao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Amganad Ifugao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Mayoyao Ifugao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Tuwali Ifugao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ifugaw". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. (Lebar, 1975: 78)
4. (Newell and Poligon, 1993)
5. Kinnud, Richard (2013-08-21). "Language Change in the Cordillera". Sun.Star (Baguio). Retrieved 2013-08-30.
6. Hay Mahun an Bahaon, A Pre-Primer in Ayangan Ifugao. Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1984.

External links

• Kinnud, Richard (2013-08-21). "Language Change in the Cordillera". Sun.Star (Baguio).