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Isinai
Isinay
Native toPhilippines
RegionLuzon
Native speakers
(5,500 cited 1990 census)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3inn
Glottologisin1239
ELPIsinay
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. ^ a b Isinai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Reid, Lawrence A., and Analyn Salvador-Amores (2016). Guide to Isinay Orthography. Baguio: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines, Baguio.