Isinai language
Appearance
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 |
ELP | Isinay |
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
- ^ 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.