South–Central Cordilleran languages

South–Central Cordilleran
Meso-Cordilleran
Geographic distribution:	north Luzon
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon South–Central Cordilleran
Subdivisions:	Central Cordilleran South Cordilleran Alta
Glottolog:	`meso1254`^[1]

The South–Central Cordilleran languages (alternatively Meso-Cordilleran languages) are a group of languages spoken by the Igorot and related peoples in the Philippines.

Languages

The subclassification of the languages is strongly supported (confidence 96%–100%) by a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database^[2]

Alta
- Northern Alta
- Southern Alta
Central Cordilleran
- Isinai
- Kalinga–Itneg
  - Itneg (a dialect cluster)
  - Kalinga (a dialect cluster)
- Nuclear Cordilleran
  - Ifugao
  - Bontok–Balangao
    - Balangao
    - Bontok–Kankanay
      - Bontok–Finallig
      - Kankanaey
Southern Cordilleran
- Ilongot
- Pangasinic
  - Pangasinan
  - Benguet
    - Ibaloi
    - Karao
    - Iwaak
    - Kallahan

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Meso-Cordilleran". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database