Ifugao | |
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Native to | Philippines |
Region | Ifugao, Luzon |
Native speakers | (130,000 cited 1987–2007)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:ifb – Batad Ifugaoifa – Amganad Ifugaoifu – Mayoyao Ifugaoifk – Tuwali language |
Glottolog | ifug1247 |
Area where the Ifugao dialect continuum is spoken according to Ethnologue |
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.[2] It is a dialect continuum, and its four main varieties—such as Tuwali—are sometimes considered separate languages.[3]
Loanwords from other languages, such as Ilokano, are replacing some older terminology.[4]
Ethnologue reports the following locations for each of the four Ifugao languages.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Fricative | h | |||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Approximant | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | ʊ ~ u | |
Mid | ɛ | ə | ɔ |
Open | a |
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 the speaker.[7]
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