| Itneg | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Luzon |
| Ethnicity | Igorot (Itneg) |
Native speakers | 17,000 (2003)[1] |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Regional language in thePhilippines |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:itb – Binongan Itnegiti – Inlaod Itnegitt – Maeng Itnegtis – Masadiit Itnegity – Moyadan Itneg |
| Glottolog | itne1252 |
 Areas where the various Itneg dialects (including Kalinga Itneg) are spoken according to Ethnologue | |
Itneg is aSouth-Central Cordillerandialect continuum found in the island ofLuzon,Philippines. This language andIlocano are spoken by theItneg people (sometimes also referred to as the "Tingguian people") inAbra.
Several ethnic-Itneg dialects aretaxonomically part of the neighboringKalinga language.
Ethnologue reports the following locations for each of the five Itneg languages.
However, Ronald Himes (1997)[2] recognizes two dialects for Itneg, namelyBinongan (eastern) andInlaod (western).
Itneg languages almost sound the same with Ilocano, Pangasinan, and other Igorot languages.
Itneg speakers use 5 vowel sounds:/a/,/i/,/u/,/ɛ~e/,/o/.
Itneg features doubled consonants, so the language may sound guttural to Tagalog, Ilokano, and even Pangasinan speakers. The uniqueness of this circumstance is often expressed by saying Itneg speakers have "a hard tongue".
Itneg is also one of the Philippine languages which is excluded from[ɾ]-[d] allophony.
Indigenous Peoples of the Cordillera (Igorot) | ||
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