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Kalanguya language

Kalanguya, also called Kallahan, is a dialect cluster spoken by the Kalanguya people of northern Luzon, Philippines. The Kalanguya language is closely related to Ibaloi, Karao, and Iwak and is distantly related with Pangasinan and Ilongot. The Kalanguya language is part of the Southern Cordilleran languages of the Northern Luzon languages, which in turn is part of the Malayo-Polynesian languages.

Distribution

Kalanguya (also called Ikalahan, Kalangoya, Kalangoya-Ikalahan, Kallahan, Kayapa) is spoken in the following locations:

The dialects of Kalanguya are

Kalanguya (KLN)
*: AHN — Ahin, Tinoc, Ifugao
*: DKY — Mandek-ey of Amlimay, Buguias, Benguet
*: HNG — Hanglulaw of Amduntog, Asipolo, Ifugao
*: KAY — Kayapa Proper, Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya
*: KEH — Mankehang of Sitio Tinudan, Poblacion, Kabayan, Benguet
*: KEL — Keley-i of Antipolo, Asipolo, Ifugao

Himes (1998) report the following lexical relationship on basic vocabulary of the Kalanguya dialects with each other:

  • Keley-i and Hanglulaw (Northern dialects) - 94%
  • Kehang, Mandek-ey, and Kayapa proper (Southern dialects)- 87% - 94%
  • Ahin to the Southern dialects - 80% - 86%

The northern dialects are reported to show Ifugao influences while the southern dialects inhibit influences from Ibaloi. Ahin is linguistically considered a third branch, separate from the two.

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