Malaweg language

Malaweg
Malaweg
Native to	Philippines
Region	Luzon
Native speakers	(14,500 cited 1990 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Cagayan Valley Itawis Malaweg; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	mala1534

Malaweg (Malaueg) is spoken by the Malaweg people in the northern part of the Philippines. As per Ethnologue, it is a dialect of the Itawis language.

Malaweg is mostly spoken in the Northern Cordillera Mountain Range region and some in the Province of Cagayan, with the majority in the town of Rizal. Ninety-eight percent of the people living in Rizal are Malaweg-speaking, and the town is known as "The Premier Town of the Malaweg".

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