Isnag language

Isnag
Isneg
Native to	Philippines
Region	most parts of Apayao province, northern parts of Abra, Luzon
Native speakers	30,000–40,000  (1994)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Northern Cordilleran Isnag
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: isd – Isnag tiu – Adasen Itneg
Linguasphere	31-CCA-a incl. inner units 31-CCA-aa...-ae
Area where Isnag (including Adasen Isneg) is spoken according to Ethnologue

Isnag (also called Isneg) is a language spoken by around 40,000 Isnag people of Apayao Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the northern Philippines. Around 85% of Isnag are capable of reading the Isnag language.^{[citation needed]} Many Isnag speakers also use Ilokano.

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

The Proto-Malayo-Polynesian schwa ə has merged to /a/ such as *qatəp > atap (roof) similar to Kapampangan, atip in Tagalog and atup in Visayan.^[2]

References

1. ↑ Isnag reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
   Adasen Itneg reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
2. ↑ http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/word.php?v=62