| Itbayatèn | |
|---|---|
| Ichbayatèn | |
| Ichbayatèn | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Itbayat Island |
| Ethnicity | Ivatan people |
Native speakers | (3,500 cited 1996 census)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | itba1237 |
 Itbayat and the other Batanic languages | |
TheItbayat language orItbayaten (also known locally by elders asIchbayatèn) is anAustronesian language, in theBatanic group. It is spoken primarily inItbayat, a municipality inBatanes,Philippines.
/a,ɜ,i,o/
Vowels are contrasted between long and short vowels, for example as seen in the wordstokod ('support') andtookod ('a kind of yam').[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | (f) | s | h | |||
| voiced | v | ɣ | ʁ | ||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
The following set of pronouns is found in the Itbayat language.[2]
| Nominative | Genitive | Locative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| free | bound | free | bound | ||||
| 1st person | singular | yaken | ako | ñaken | ko | jaken | |
| dual | – | ta | – | – | – | ||
| plural | inclusive | yaten | ta | ñaten | ta | jaten | |
| exclusive | yamen | kami | ñamen | namen | jamen | ||
| 2nd person | singular | imo | ka | nimo | mo | dimo | |
| plural | imiyo | kamo | nimiyo | miyo | dimiyo | ||
| 3rd person | singular | – | – | niya/ña | na | dira | |
| plural | sira | sira | nira | da | dira | ||
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