| Ifugao | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ifugao Province, Luzon, Philippines |
| Native speakers | 180,711 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ifb |
Ifugao or Batad is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Ifugao Province of the northern valleys Philippines, closely related to Bontok and Kankanai.[1] It is a dialect cluster, and its four main varieties—such as Tuwali—are sometimes considered separate languages.[2]
Ifugao is tuwali origin and kalanguya is just another language in Ifugao which is specifically spoken in Tinoc, part of Ifugao Its is greatly different from the people of Bontoc. Ifugaos and the Igorots were competitors long time ago while headhunting exists. Culture, language and skills made the ifugaos and the igorots differ.
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.[3]