Itbayat language

The Itbayat language or Itbayaten (also known locally by elders as Ichbayaten) is an Austronesian language, in the Batanic group. It is spoken primarily in Itbayat, a municipality in Batanes, Philippines.

Phonology

Vowels

Vowels are contrasted between long and short vowels, for example as seen in the words ('support') and ('a kind of yam').

Consonants

• /f/ is only used in loanwords but tends to become /p/.

Grammar

Pronouns

The following set of pronouns is found in the Itbayat language.

References

Further reading