Ifugao language

Ifugao
Ifugao
Native to	Philippines
Region	Ifugao, Luzon
Native speakers	(130,000 cited 1987–2007)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Central Cordilleran Nuclear Cordilleran Ifugao; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; ifb – Batad Ifugao; ifa – Amganad Ifugao; ifu – Mayoyao Ifugao; ifk – Tuwali language
Glottolog	ifug1247
	Area where the Ifugao dialect continuum is spoken according to Ethnologue

Ifugao or Batad is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the northern valleys of Ifugao, Philippines. It is a member of the Northern Luzon subfamily and is closely related to the Bontoc and Kankanaey languages. It is a dialect continuum, and its four main varieties—such as Tuwali—are sometimes considered separate languages.

Loanwords from other languages, such as Ilokano, are replacing some older terminology.

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