The Ibaloi language (, ) () belongs to the

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branch of the

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family. It is closely related to the

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, which is spoken primarily in central and southern

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, and western

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and eastern

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. Its dialects include Daklan, Kabayan, and Bokod. Ibaloi phonemes are similar to those found in other Philippine languages with a few exceptions. Many variants of the Ibaloi tongue have naturally occurring , and , as in (interrogative 'who'), ('to lose one's grip on something or someone, to let go') and (a traditional wrap-around skirt). is also commonly heard in the La Trinidad valley and nearby areas, as in (a particle usually equivalent to the prepositions ''in'', ''on'', or ''to'' depending on the sentence construction), but may be occasionally heard as in some communities.

Phonology

Ibaloi is one of the Philippine languages that do not exhibit []-[d] allophony.

Examples

References

External links

Ibaloy orthography

Ibaloy-language word list from the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database
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A handy guidebook to the Ibaloi language
'. Baguio City, Philippines: Tebtebba Foundation, 2010. Languages of Benguet Languages of Nueva Vizcaya South–Central Cordilleran languages {{philippine-lang-stub