Isnag language

language
name=Isnag
states=Philippines
region=Luzon
speakers=30,000 (1994 est.)
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Borneo-Philippines
fam4=Northern Luzon
fam5=Northern Cordilleran
fam6=Ibanagic
iso3=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.

ounds

Vowels

Consonants

Phonology

Ibanag is also one of the Philippine languages which is excluded from IPA| [ɾ] -IPA| [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

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=isd Ethnologue entry for Isnag]