Kankana-ey

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Kankana-ey is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kankanaey people of the northern Philippines, particularly in the Cordillera region of Luzon.

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Kankana-ey canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
language
belongsTo Cordilleran languages
country Philippines
culturalRole marker of Kankanaey ethnic identity
ethnicGroupAssociated Kankanaey people
hasAlternativeName Kankanaey
Kankanai
linked to: Kankanay

Kankanaí
hasDialect Northern Kankanaey
linked to: Kankanaey

Southern Kankanaey
hasLinguisticFeature focus/voice system typical of Philippine languages
verb-initial basic word order tendencies
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive stress
rich consonant inventory
hasStatus regional language in the Philippines
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
ISO639-3Code kne
isSubjectOf linguistic documentation projects in the Philippines
isUsedAlongside English
Filipino
languageFamily Austronesian languages
macrolanguageGrouping Kankanay languages
neighboringLanguage Ibaloy
Ifugao languages
Ilocano
primaryRegion Abra
Benguet
Ilocos Sur
La Union
Mountain Province
region northern Philippines
spokenBy Kankanaey people
spokenIn Cordillera Administrative Region
Luzon
Philippines
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
Northern Luzon languages
Southern Cordilleran languages
usedByReligion Christian communities in the Cordillera region
usedIn daily communication
local education
oral tradition
writingDirection left-to-right

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