Isinai language
Isinai | |
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Isinay | |
Native to | Philippines |
Region | Luzon |
Native speakers | (5,500 cited 1990 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
inn |
Glottolog |
isin1239 [2] |
Area where Isinai is spoken[1] |
Isinai (also spelled Isinay) is a Northern Luzon language primarily spoken in Nueva Vizcaya province in the northern Philippines. By linguistic classification, it is more divergent from other South-Central Cordilleran languages, such as Kalinga, Itneg or Ifugao and Kankanaey.
According to the Ethnologue, Isinai is spoken in Bambang, Dupax del Sur, and Aritao municipalities, alongside Ilocano.
References
- 1 2 Isinai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Isinai". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Reid, Lawrence A., and Analyn Salvador-Amores (2016). Guide to Isinay Orthography. Baguio: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines, Baguio.
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