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Isnag language

 
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Isnag
Spoken in Philippines
Region Luzon
Total speakers 30,000 (1994 est.)
Language family Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Philippine
   Northern Luzon
    Northern Cordilleran
     Ibanagic
      Isnag
Language codes
ISO 639-1 None
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3 isd

The Isnag language (also known as Isneg or Margarat) is a language spoken by around 30,000 Isnags of the Apayao Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the northern Philippines. Around 50% of Isnags are capable of reading the Isnag language. Many Isnag speakers also use Ilocano.

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Sounds

Vowels

Consonants

Phonology

Ibanag is also one of the Philippine languages which is excluded from [ɾ]-[d] allophone.

Grammar

Nouns

Personal Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Enclitic Particles

Existential

Interrogative Words

Language sample

  • Isnag: Piyán tada din ya isaisa kadàtada wawwági, ta ya aminya ay gayát ke Dios. --1 Juan 4:7
    • Approximate English Translation: Friends, let us love each other, because love comes from God. --1 John 4:7
  • Isnag: Ay day-dayáwan tada nge Dios, nga Dios se Ama naya Apu tada nga Jesu-Cristo. --1 Pedro 1:3
    • Approximate English Translation: Praise God, the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. --1 Peter 1:3

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