XNN ISO 639-3
Kankanay, Northern
A language of Philippines
- ISO 639
- xnn
- Alternate Names
- Kataugnan, Northern Kankanaey, Sagada Igorot, Western Bontoc
- Population
- 94,100 (2005 UNSD).
- Location:
- Cordillera Administrative Region: Abra province, Tubo municipality, west Mountain province; Ilocos region: Ilocos Sur province, Cervantes, Gregorio del Pilar, Quirino, and San Emilio municipalities.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Luzon, Meso-Cordilleran, South-Central Cordilleran, Central Cordilleran, North Central Cordilleran, Nuclear Cordilleran, Bontok-Kankanay, Kankanay
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 65%–70%. Literacy rate in L2: 65%–70%. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1984.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Kankanay, Northern
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
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Location: Cordillera Administrative Region: Abra province, Tubo municipality, west Mountain province; Ilocos region: Ilocos Sur province, Cervantes, Gregorio del Pilar, Quirino, and San Emilio municipalities.
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