ISD ISO 639-3
Isnag
Isnag Autonym
A language of Philippines
- ISO 639
- isd
- Alternate Names
- Apayao, Isneg, Maragat
- Autonym
- Isnag
- Population
- 32,600 (2005 UNSD).
- Location:
- Cagayan Valley region: Cagayan province, Claveria and Santa Praxedes municipalites; Cordillera Administrative Region: Abra province, scattered along west Apayao province border; Apayao province northern two-thirds; Ilocos region: Ilocos Norte province, scattered along west Apayao border.
- Language Status
- 4 (Educational).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Luzon, Northern Cordilleran, Cagayan Valley, Isnag
- Dialects
- Bayag, Dibagat-Kabugao (Dibagat-Kabugao-Isneg), Calanasan, Karagawan (Daragawan), Talifugu-Ripang (Tawini). Calanasan dialect 94% intelligibility of Dibagat dialect, 88% of Ilocano [ilo]; Talifugu-Ripang 89% of Dibagat, 71% of Ilocano.
- Language Use
- Also use Ilocano [ilo].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 1980–2005.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Isnag
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Cagayan Valley region: Cagayan province, Claveria and Santa Praxedes municipalites; Cordillera Administrative Region: Abra province, scattered along west Apayao province border; Apayao province northern two-thirds; Ilocos region: Ilocos Norte province, scattered along west Apayao border.
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