Ifugao language

Ifugao
Native toPhilippines
RegionIfugao, Luzon
Native speakers
(130,000 cited 1987–2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ifb – Batad Ifugao
ifa – Amganad Ifugao
ifu – Mayoyao Ifugao
ifk – Tuwali language
Glottologifug1247
Area where the Ifugao dialect continuum is spoken according to Ethnologue

Ifugao or Batad is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the northern valleys of Ifugao, Philippines. It is a member of the Northern Luzon subfamily and is closely related to the Bontoc and Kankanaey languages.[2] It is a dialect continuum, and its four main varieties—such as Tuwali—are sometimes considered separate languages.[3]

Loanwords from other languages, such as Ilokano, are replacing some older terminology.[4]

  1. ^ Batad Ifugao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Amganad Ifugao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Mayoyao Ifugao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tuwali language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ (Lebar, 1975: 78)
  3. ^ (Newell and Poligon, 1993)
  4. ^ Kinnud, Richard (2013-08-21). "Language Change in the Cordillera". Sun.Star. Baguio. Archived from the original on 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2013-08-30.