Itneg language
Not to be confused with Isnag or Isneg, a Northern Cordilleran language.
Itneg | |
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Native to | Philippines |
Region | Luzon |
Ethnicity | Igorot |
Native speakers | 17,000 (2003)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
Either: itb – Binongan Itneg iti – Inlaod Itneg |
Glottolog |
itne1252 [2] |
Areas where the various Itneg dialects (including Kalinga Itneg) are spoken according to Ethnologue |
Itneg is a South-Central Cordilleran dialect continuum found in the island of Luzon, Philippines. This language and Ilocano are spoken by the Itneg people (sometimes also referred to as the "Tingguian people") in Abra province.
Several ethnic-Itneg dialects are taxonomically part of the neighboring Kalinga language.
References
- ↑ Binongan Itneg at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Inlaod Itneg at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Itneg". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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