The Meso-Cordilleran languages are a group of languages spoken in or near the
Cordillera Central Central Cordillera refers to the New Guinea Highlands.
Cordillera Central, meaning ''central range'' in Spanish, may refer to the following mountain ranges:
* Cordillera Central, Andes (disambiguation), several mountain ranges in South America
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mountain range in Northern
Luzon
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. Its speakers are culturally very diverse, and include the lowland
Pangasinense, the
Igorot
The indigenous peoples of the Cordillera in northern Luzon, Philippines, often referred to by the exonym Igorot people, or more recently, as the Cordilleran peoples, are an ethnic group composed of nine main ethnolinguistic groups whose domains ...
highlanders (including
Bugkalot
The Bugkalot (also Ilongot or Ibilao) are an indigenous peoples inhabiting the southern Sierra Madre and Caraballo Mountains, on the east side of Luzon in the Philippines, primarily in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija and along t ...
), and
Alta-speaking
Aeta
Aeta (Ayta ), Agta and Dumagat, are collective terms for several indigenous peoples who live in various parts of Luzon islands in the Philippines. They are included in the wider Negrito grouping of the Philippines and the rest of Southeast A ...
groups.
Languages
Classification per Himes (2005):
[Himes, Ronald S. 2005. The Meso-Cordilleran Group of Philippine Languages. In Hsiu-chuan Liao and Carl R. Galvez Rubino (eds.), Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology: Parangal kay Lawrence A. Reid, 81-92. Manila, Philippines: Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL Philippines.]
*Meso-Cordilleran
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Northern Alta
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Southern Alta
**South-Central Cordilleran
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Central Cordilleran
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Isinai
****North Central Cordilleran
*****Kalinga–Itneg
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Itneg
The Itneg people also known as "Tinguian" or "Tingguian" are an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to the Philippines. They are part of the broader Cordilleran or Igorot group, despite the Itnegs themselves not identifying as such. The Itneg p ...
(a dialect cluster)
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Kalinga (a dialect cluster)
*****Nuclear Cordilleran
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Ifugao
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Balangao
******Bontok–Kankanay
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Bontok–Finallig
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Kankanaey
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Southern Cordilleran
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Ilongot
****West Southern Cordilleran
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Pangasinan
Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan (, ; ; ), is a coastal Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capital is Lingayen, Pangasinan, Lingayen while San Carlos, Pangasi ...
*****Nuclear Southern Cordilleran
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Ibaloi
The Ibaloi (also spelled Ibaloy; Ibaloi: ''ivadoy'', ) are an indigenous ethnic group found in Benguet province of the northern Philippines. ''Ibaloi'' is derived from ''i-'', a prefix signifying "pertaining to" and ''badoy'' or house, togethe ...
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Karao
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Iwaak
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Kallahan
References
Northern Luzon languages
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