Английская Википедия:Isnag language
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Isnag (also called Isneg) is a language spoken by around 40,000 Isnag people of Apayao Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the northern Philippines. Around 85% of Isnag are capable of reading the Isnag language.Шаблон:Citation needed Many Isnag speakers also speak Ilocano.
Dialects
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Isnag.
- Bayag
- Dibagat-Kabugao
- Calanasan
- Karagawan (Daragawan)
- Talifugu-Ripang (Tawini)
Alternate names for Isnag include Apayao, Dibagat-Kabugao-Isneg, Isneg, and Maragat (Ethnologue).
Isnag is spoken in the northern two thirds of Apayao Province, Cagayan Province (Claveria and Santa Praxedes municipalities), Abra, and Ilocos Norte Province, and scattered areas along the Apayao western border (Ethnologue).
The closely related Adasen (Addasen, Addasen Tinguian, Itneg Adasen) language, which consists of western and eastern dialects, is spoken in northeastern Abra and into western Apayao Province. There are 4,000 speakers (Ethnologue).
Sounds
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | Шаблон:IPA link | |
| Mid | Шаблон:IPA link | Шаблон:IPA link |
| Close | Шаблон:IPA link | |
Isnag is one of the Philippine languages that do not exhibit Шаблон:IPA-Шаблон:IPA allophony.Шаблон:Citation needed
Language sample
- Isnag: Шаблон:Lang
- Isnag: Шаблон:Lang
- Approximate English Translation: Praise God, the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. – 1 Peter 1:3
Historical sound changes
The Proto-Malayo-Polynesian schwa ə has merged to /a/ such as Шаблон:Lang > Шаблон:Lang ('roof') similar to Kapampangan, Шаблон:Lang in Tagalog and Шаблон:Lang in Visayan.[1]
References
External links
Шаблон:Languages of the Philippines Шаблон:Philippine languages Шаблон:Austronesian languages
