Kankanaey

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A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3
kne
Alternate Names
Central Kankanaey, Kankanai, Kankanay
Autonym
Kankanaey
User Population

167,000 (2005 UNSD). All Kankanai 261,000 (2005 UNSD). Ethnic population: 363,000 (2010 census).

Location

Cordillera Administrative Region: north Benguet and southwest Ifugao provinces, southwest Mountain province; Ilocos region: southeast Ilocos Sur province, northeast La Union province.

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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
Dialects

Mankayan-Buguias, Kapangan, Bakun-Kibungan, Guinzadan.

Language Use

Used as L2 by Southwestern Bontok [vbk].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 75%. Literacy rate in L2: 78%. Taught in most primary schools in grades 1–3 and as subject thereafter. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1990–2016.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kankanaey
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.