Malaweg language
| Malaweg | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Luzon |
Native speakers | (14,500 cited 1990 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | mala1534 |
Malaweg (Malaueg) is spoken by the Malaweg people in the northern part of the Philippines. As per Ethnologue, it is a dialect of the Itawis language.[2]
Malaweg is mostly spoken in the Northern Cordillera Mountain Range region and some in the Province of Cagayan, with the majority in the town of Rizal. Ninety-eight percent of the people living in Rizal are Malaweg-speaking, and the town is known as "The Premier Town of the Malaweg".[citation needed]
Origin
From Fr. Jose Bugarin's Ibanag Dictionary "Ueg [modern: uweg], river estuary. Pl. ueueg [uweweg] = Malaueg: a town in this province, in the district of Itaves (Itawis, now Chico River)"
References
- ^ Itawit at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
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