Kalinga | |
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Native to | Philippines |
Region | most parts of Kalinga, northern parts of Mountain Province, eastern parts of Abra and southern parts of Apayao, Luzon |
Native speakers
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110,000 (1998–2008) No estimate for Mabaka Valley |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously: – Banao Itneg – Masadiit Itneg – Moyadan Itneg – Butbut Kalinga – Limos Kalinga – Tanudan Kalinga – Lubuagan Kalinga – Mabaka Valley Kalinga – Madukayang Kalinga – Southern Kalinga (Bangad) |
Glottolog | kali1311 |
Area where the Kalinga dialect continuum is spoken according to Ethnologue
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Kalinga is a dialect continuum of Kalinga Province in the Philippines, spoken by the Igorot people, alongside Ilocano. The Banao Itneg variety is not one of the neighboring Itneg languages.
Ronald Himes (1997) divides Kalinga into 3 dialects.
Ethnologue reports the following locations for each of the 8 Kalinga languages. Banao Itneg is classified by Ethnologue as Kalinga rather than Itneg.