Northern Luzon languages
| Northern Luzon | |
|---|---|
| Cordilleran | |
| Geographic distribution | Cordillera Central (Luzon) |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | nort3238 |
 Geographic extent of Northern Luzon languages based on Ethnologue | |
The Northern Luzon languages (also known as the Cordilleran languages) are one of the few established large groups within Philippine languages. These are mostly located in and around the Cordillera Central of northern Luzon in the Philippines. Among its major languages are Ilokano, Pangasinan and Ibanag
Lawrence Reid (2018)[1] considers Arta and the Northeastern Luzon languages to each form first-order branches (i.e., primary splits) within Northern Luzon.
Internal classification
With over forty closely related languages, below is the classification for Northern Luzon languages:
- Ilokano
- Cagayan Valley
- South-Central Cordilleran
- 1. Alta
- 2. Central Cordilleran
- 3. Southern Cordilleran
- Northeastern Luzon[2]
- Dicamay Agta †
- Arta
Ethnic groups
See also
References
- ^ Reid, Lawrence A. 2018. "Modeling the linguistic situation in the Philippines." In Let's Talk about Trees, ed. by Ritsuko Kikusawa and Lawrence A. Reid. Osaka: Senri Ethnological Studies, Minpaku. doi:10.15021/00009006
- ^ Robinson, Laura C. and Jason William Lobel (2013). "The Northeastern Luzon Subgroup of Philippine Languages." Oceanic Linguistics 52.1 (2013): 125-168.
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