Kankanay, Northern

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ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Kataugnan, Northern Kankanaey, Sagada Igorot, Western Bontoc
User 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.

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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
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].