Language of northern Philippines
Malaweg | |
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Native to | Philippines |
Region | Luzon |
Native speakers | (14,500 cited 1990 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | mala1534 |
Malaweg (Malaueg) is spoken by the Malaweg people in the northern part of the Philippines. Ethnologue lists it as a dialect of the Itawis language.[2]
Malaweg is mostly spoken in the Northern Cordillera Mountain Range region and some in the Province of Cagayan, with the majority in the town of Rizal. Ninety-eight percent of the people living in Rizal are Malaweg-speaking, and the town is known as "The Premier Town of the Malaweg".[citation needed]
Origin
[edit]From Fr. Jose Bugarin's Ibanag Dictionary "Ueg [modern: uweg], river estuary. Pl. ueueg [uweweg] = Malaueg: a town in this province, in the district of Itaves (Itawis, now Chico River)"
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/The_malaueg_church_of_Malaueg%2C_Cagayan.jpg/220px-The_malaueg_church_of_Malaueg%2C_Cagayan.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ Itawit at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
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