Isnag (also called ''Isneg'') is a language spoken by around 40,000 Isnag people of

Apayao Province Apayao, officially the Province of Apayao ( ilo, Probinsia ti Apayao; fil, Lalawigan ng Apayao), is a landlocked province in the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Kabugao serves as its capital. The provincial capito ...

in the

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in the northern

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. Around 85% of Isnag are capable of reading the Isnag language. Many Isnag speakers also speak Ilocano.

Dialects

'' Ethnologue'' lists the following dialects of Isnag. *Bayag *Dibagat-Kabugao *Calanasan *Karagawan (Daragawan) *Talifugu-Ripang (Tawini) Alternate names for Isnag include Apayao, Dibagat-Kabugao-Isneg, Isneg, and Maragat (''Ethnologue''). Isnag is spoken in the northern two thirds of

, Cagayan Province ( Claveria and Santa Praxedes municipalities), Abra, and Ilocos Norte Province, and scattered areas along the Apayao western border (''Ethnologue''). The closely related Adasen (Addasen, Addasen Tinguian, Itneg Adasen) language, which consists of western and eastern dialects, is spoken in northeastern Abra and into western

. There are 4,000 speakers (''Ethnologue'').

Sounds

Isnag is also one of the Philippine languages which is excluded from - allophone.

Language sample

*Isnag: **Approximate

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ...

translation: Friends, let us love each other, because love comes from God. –

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4:7 *Isnag: **Approximate English Translation: Praise God, the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. –

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1:3

Historical sound changes

The

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (PMP) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, which is by far the largest branch (by current speakers) of the Austronesian language family. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian is ancestral to all Austronesi ...

schwa ə has merged to /a/ such as > ('roof') similar to Kapampangan, in

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and in

Visayan Visayans ( Visayan: ''mga Bisaya''; ) or Visayan people are a Philippine ethnolinguistic group or metaethnicity native to the Visayas, the southernmost islands of Luzon and a significant portion of Mindanao. When taken as a single ethnic group, ...

References

External links

Listen to a sample of Adasen from Global Recordings Network
{{Austronesian languages Cagayan Valley languages Languages of Apayao Languages of Abra (province)