Northern Philippine languages

The Northern Philippine languages are the languages of central and northern Luzon, and the small islands between Luzon and Formosa, including Ilokano, Pangasinan, Kapampangan, and the Yami language of Taiwan.

The Northern Philippine languages are a long-established group which has often been taken to be more a geographic convenience than linguistic reality. However, a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database^[1] fully supported the unity of the languages as a family. It also provided a low level of support (at 60% confidence) that the Batanic branch is closest to Northern Luzon. The Northern Mindoro branch was not included in the analysis.

Classification

• Batanic languages (4 languages between Luzon and Formosa)
• Northern Luzon languages (40 languages, including Ilokano)
  • Ilokano
  • Northern Cordilleran languages (15 languages)
  • Meso-Cordilleran languages (25 languages)
• Central Luzon languages (5 languages, including Kapampangan)
  • Kapampangan (spoken in Pampanga)
  • Sambalic languages (spoken in Zambales)
  • Sinauna
• Northern Mindoro languages (or North Mangyan; 3 languages)

References

v · d · eLanguages of the Philippines and Philippine languages National language Filipino Official languages Filipino • English Recognized regional languages Bikol • Cebuano • Chavacano (Spanish-based creole) • Hiligaynon • Ilokano • Kapampangan • Kinaray-a • Maguindanao • Maranao • Pangasinan • Tagalog • Tausug • Waray-Waray Recognized auxiliary languages Arabic • Spanish Language groups Borneo-Philippines • Northern Philippine {Northern Luzon (Batanic) • Northern Cordilleran • South-Central Cordilleran} • {Central Luzon (Sambalic)} • Central Philippine {Bikol (Coastal • Inland • Pandan) • Visayan (Aklan • Bisakol)} • Southern Philippine

This Austronesian languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e