THC Science

Isnag
Isnag
Isneg
Native to	Philippines
Region	most parts of Apayao province, northern parts of Abra, Luzon
Native speakers	(30,000–40,000 cited 1994)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Cagayan Valley Isnag; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; isd – Isnag; tiu – Adasen Itneg
Glottolog	isna1241 Isnag; adas1235 Adasen
ELP	Adasen Itneg
Linguasphere	31-CCA-a incl. inner units 31-CCA-aa...-ae
	Area where Isnag (including Adasen Isneg) is spoken according to Ethnologue
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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.^{[citation needed]} Many Isnag speakers also speak Ilocano.

Dialects[edit]

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[edit]

Vowel phonemes
	Front	Back
High	i
Mid	e	o
Close	a

Consonants
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	tʃ	k	ʔ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	dʒ	ɡ	ʔ
Fricative		f v	s ʃ			h
Approximant			l	j	w
Tap			ɾ

Isnag is one of the Philippine languages that do not exhibit [ɾ]-[d] allophony.^{[citation needed]}

Language sample[edit]

Isnag: Mahi indo' tada ngamin ta ngamin tada ay magwawwáhi, ta ya pahin indo' kiya isa tulay ay maggayát ke Dios. – 1 Juan 4:7
- Approximate English translation: Friends, let us love each other, because love comes from God. – 1 John 4:7
Isnag: Day-dayáwan tada nge Dios, nga Dios se Ama naya Apu tada nga Jesu-Cristo. – 1 Pedro 1:3
- Approximate English Translation: Praise God, the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. – 1 Peter 1:3

Historical sound changes[edit]

The Proto-Malayo-Polynesian schwa ə has merged to /a/ such as *qatəp > atap ('roof') similar to Kapampangan, atip in Tagalog and atup in Visayan.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Isnag at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Adasen Itneg at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Word: Thatch/Roof". Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2009-11-26.

External links[edit]

Listen to a sample of Adasen from Global Recordings Network

[e18-1] Isnag at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Adasen Itneg at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Word: Thatch/Roof". Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2009-11-26.

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