Yogad is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in

Echague, Isabela Echague, officially the Municipality of Echague, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 88,410 people. The town is known for the indigenous and endangered Yog ...

and other nearby towns in the province in northern

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. The 1990 census claimed there were around 16,000 speakers.

Classification

Anthropologist

H. Otley Beyer Henry Otley Beyer (July 13, 1883 – December 31, 1966) was an American anthropologist, who spent most of his adult life in the Philippines teaching Philippine indigenous culture. A.V.H. Hartendorp called Beyer the "Dean of Philippine ethnolo ...

describes Yogad as a variant of

Gaddang language The Gaddang language (also Cagayan) is spoken by up to 30,000 speakers (the Gaddang people) in the Philippines, particularly along the Magat and upper Cagayan rivers in the Region II provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela and by overseas mig ...

and the people as a sub-group of the Gaddang people in his 1917 catalogue of Philippines ethnic groups.

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presently groups it as a member of the ''Gaddangic'' group; in 2015, however, ''

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'' placed Yogad as a separate member of the ''Ibanagic'' language family. Godfrey Lambrecht, CICM, also distinguished separately the peoples who spoke the two languages.

Alphabet

The Yogad alphabet has 21 letters composed of 16 consonants and 5 vowels.

References

* Languages of Isabela (province) Cagayan Valley languages {{Philippine-lang-stub