Itawis language

Itawis
Itawis
Native to	Philippines
Region	Cagayan Valley
Native speakers	170,000 (2005 )
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Cagayan Valley Ibanagic Itawis; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	itv
Glottolog	itaw1240 Itawit
	Itawis language map according to Ethnologue maps

Itawis (also Itawit or Tawit as the endonym) is a Northern Philippine language spoken by the Itawis people, closely related to the Gaddang speech found in Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya. It also has many similarities to the neighboring Ibanag tongue, while remaining quite different from the prevalent Ilocano spoken in the region and the Tagalog-based Filipino national language.

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