Itbayat language

Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Itbayat language or Itbayaten (also known locally by elders as Ichbayaten) is an Austronesian language, in the Batanic group.[2] It is spoken primarily in Itbayat, a municipality in Batanes, Philippines.

NativetoPhilippines
RegionItbayat Island
EthnicityIvatan people
Native speakers
(3,500 cited 1996 census)[1]
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Ichbayaten
Ichbayaten
Native toPhilippines
RegionItbayat Island
EthnicityIvatan people
Native speakers
(3,500 cited 1996 census)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologitba1237
Itbayat and the other Batanic languages
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Phonology

Vowels

/a, ɜ, i, o/

Vowels are contrasted between long and short vowels, for example as seen in the words tokod ('support') and tookod ('a kind of yam').[3]

Consonants

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Itbayat consonants
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
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  • /f/ is only used in loanwords but tends to become /p/.[3]

Grammar

Pronouns

The following set of pronouns is found in the Itbayat language.[3]

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Itbayat pronouns
Nominative Genitive Locative
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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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