Isnag

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A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3
isd
Alternate Names
Apayao, Isneg, Maragat
Autonym
Isnag
User 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.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

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].