Kalanguya language
Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
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Kalanguya, also called Kallahan, is a dialect cluster spoken by the Kalanguya people of northern Luzon, Philippines.[2] The Kalanguya language is closely related to Ibaloi, Karao, and Iwak and is distantly related with Pangasinan and Ilongot. The Kalanguya language is part of the Southern Cordilleran languages of the Northern Luzon languages, which in turn is part of the Malayo-Polynesian languages.
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Malayo-Polynesian
- Philippine
- Northern Luzon
- Meso-Cordilleran
- Southern Cordilleran
- West Southern Cordilleran
- Nuclear Southern Cordilleran
- Kalanguya
- Nuclear Southern Cordilleran
- West Southern Cordilleran
- Southern Cordilleran
- Meso-Cordilleran
- Northern Luzon
- Philippine
| Kalanguya | |
|---|---|
| Kallahan, Keley-i, Ahin, Mandekey, Mankehang, Kayapa, Hanglulaw | |
| Region | Luzon, Philippines |
Native speakers | ca. 126,804 (2020 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:kak – Kalanguyaify – Keley-i |
| Glottolog | kall1244 |
Area where Kalanguya is spoken according to Ethnologue | |
Distribution
Kalanguya (also called Ikalahan, Kalangoya, Kalangoya-Ikalahan, Kallahan, Kayapa) is spoken in the following locations:[3][full citation needed]
- western Nueva Vizcaya Province
- Ifugao Province (Tinoc municipality)
- Benguet Province (Bokod municipality)
- northeastern Pangasinan Province (San Nicolas municipality)
- north Nueva Ecija Province (Carranglan municipality)
The dialects of Kalanguya are
- Kalanguya (KLN)
Himes (1998) report the following lexical relationship on basic vocabulary of the Kalanguya dialects with each other:
- Keley-i and Hanglulaw (Northern dialects) - 94%
- Kehang, Mandek-ey, and Kayapa proper (Southern dialects)- 87% - 94%
- Ahin to the Southern dialects - 80% - 86%
The northern dialects are reported to show Ifugao influences while the southern dialects inhibit influences from Ibaloi. Ahin is linguistically considered a third branch, separate from the two.
