Iwaak language
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| Iwaak | |
|---|---|
| I-wak | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Luzon |
Native speakers | (3,300 cited 2000)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | iwk |
| Glottolog | iwak1237 |
 Area where Iwaak is spoken according to Ethnologue | |
Iwaak (also spelled I-wak or I'wak) is a South-Central Cordilleran language[2] spoken by almost 3,300 people around the Cordillera Central mountain range of Luzon, Philippines. The Iwaak language is a Nuclear Southern Cordilleran language which is closely related to Ibaloi, Kalanguya, and Karao.[3]
According to Ethnologue, in eastern Itogon municipality, Benguet Province, I-wak is spoken in Tojongan, Bakes, Lebeng, Domolpos, Bujasjas, and Kayo-ko villages. It is also spoken in Salaksak village, Kayapa municipality, Nueva Vizcaya Province.
References
[edit]- ↑ Iwaak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "I-Wak". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Himes, Ronald S. (June 1998). "The Southern Cordilleran Group of Philippine Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 37 (1). University of Hawai'i Press: 120–177. doi:10.2307/3623282.
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