Isnag language

Isnag
Spoken in	Philippines
Region	Luzon
Native speakers	55,000 (2007 est.)  (date missing)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Northern Cordilleran Isnag
Language codes
ISO 639-3	isd
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The Isnag language (also known as Isneg) is a language spoken by around 55,000 Isnags of the Apayao Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the northern Philippines. Around 85% of Isnags are capable of reading the Isnag language. Many Isnag speakers also use Ilocano.

Contents 1 Sounds 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 1.3 Phonology 2 Grammar 2.1 Nouns 2.2 Personal Pronouns 2.3 Demonstrative Pronouns 2.4 Enclitic Particles 2.5 Existential 2.6 Interrogative Words 3 Language sample 4 Historical sound changes 5 References 6 External links

Sounds

Vowels

Consonants

Phonology

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

Grammar

Nouns

Personal Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Enclitic Particles

Existential

Interrogative Words

Language sample

• Isnag: Piyán tada din ya isaisa kadàtada wawwági, ta ya aminya ay gayát ke Dios. --1 Juan 4:7
  • Approximate English Translation: Friends, let us love each other, because love comes from God. --1 John 4:7
• Isnag: Ay day-dayáwan tada nge Dios, nga Dios se Ama naya Apu tada nga Jesu-Cristo. --1 Pedro 1:3
  • Approximate English Translation: Praise God, the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. --1 Peter 1:3

Historical sound changes

In Isnag, the Proto-Philippine schwa vowel *ə has merged to /a/ in Isnag compare Isnag Atap"thatch/roof" with Kapampangan Atap, Tagalog Atip and Cebuano Atop.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/word.php?v=62

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Isnag