Tuwali language

Tuwali
Native to	Philippines
Region	Kiangan, Ifugao
Native speakers	30,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon South–Central Cordilleran Central Cordilleran Nuclear Cordilleran Ifugao Tuwali
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ifk
Glottolog	tuwa1243[2]
Ifugao, showing the location of Kiangan

Tuwali language is a native language indigenous to Ifugao. Mainly spoken in the whole province. Its only that it has different varieties that distinguishes the municipality.

Kiangan is the oldest town in the province. It derives its name from Kiyyangan, an ancient village near the bank of the Ibulao River across the Lagawe valley.

References

1. Tuwali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tuwali Ifugao". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.