Ifugao (language)
| Ifugao | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Spoken in |
Ifugao Province , Luzon , Philippines | |
| speaker | 168,000 | |
| Linguistic classification |
|
|
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
ifb |
|
| ISO 639 -2 | ( B ) ifa | ( T ) ifu |
| ISO 639-3 |
ifk |
|
Ifugao, also known as Batad, is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Ifugao Province in the northern valleys of the Philippines . It is closely related to the Bontok and Kankanai languages. The language is part of a dialect continuum and the four main variants of the language, such as Tuwali , are sometimes viewed as separate languages.
Ifugao has its origin in the Tuwali language , Kalanguya is another language in Ifugao, which is spoken especially in Tinoc, a part of Ifugao. It is very different from the language of the people of Bontoc. Ifugaos and the Igorots were enemies a long time ago, there were head hunts. The Ifugaos and the Igorors differed greatly in culture, language and skills.
orthography
The unified Ifugao alphabet is as follows: A, B, D, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, Ng, O, P, T, U, W, Y. The letters are depending on The speaker's dialect is pronounced differently.
swell
- ↑ (Lebar, 1975: 78)
- ↑ (Newell and Poligon, 1993)
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
