Kalinga (IPA: [kaliŋɡa]) is a dialect continuum of Kalinga Province in the Philippines, spoken by the Kalinga people, alongside Ilocano. The Banao Itneg variety is not one of the neighboring Itneg languages.
Kalinga | |
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Native to | Philippines |
Region | most parts of Kalinga, northern parts of Mountain Province, eastern parts of Abra and southern parts of Apayao, Luzon |
Native speakers | (110,000 cited 1998–2008)[1] No estimate for Mabaka Valley |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:bjx – Banao Itnegtis – Masadiit Itnegity – Moyadan Itnegkyb – Butbut Kalingakmk – Limos Kalingakml – Tanudan Kalingaknb – Lubuagan Kalingakkg – Mabaka Valley Kalingakmd – Madukayang Kalingaksc – Southern Kalinga (Bangad) |
Glottolog | kali1311 |
Area where the Kalinga dialect continuum is spoken according to Ethnologue |
Ronald Himes (1997) divides Kalinga into three dialects: Masadiit (in Abra), Northern Kalinga, and South-Central Kalinga.[2]
Ethnologue reports the following locations for each of the eight Kalinga languages it identifies. Banao Itneg is classified by Ethnologue as Kalinga rather than Itneg.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Fricative | s | |||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Approximant | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | (ə) | o | |
Open | a |
a | b | by | k | ch | e | g | h | i | l | m | n | ng | o | p | s | t | u | ɏ | w | y |
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