Kalinga_language

Kalinga language

Kalinga language

Northern Luzon language spoken in the Philippines

Kalinga (IPA: [kaliŋɡa]) is a dialect continuum of Kalinga Province in the Philippines, spoken by the Kalinga people, alongside Ilocano. The Banao Itneg variety is not one of the neighboring Itneg languages.

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

Dialects

Ronald Himes (1997) divides Kalinga into three dialects: Masadiit (in Abra), Northern Kalinga, and South-Central Kalinga.[2]

Ethnologue reports the following locations for each of the eight Kalinga languages it identifies. Banao Itneg is classified by Ethnologue as Kalinga rather than Itneg.

Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

/a/ can also have an allophone of [ə].[11][12]

Writing system

Lubuagan Kalinga

Lubuagan Kalinga alphabet[citation needed]
abbykcheghilmnngopstuɏwy

References

  1. [1]
    Banao Itneg at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Masadiit Itneg at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Moyadan Itneg at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Butbut Kalinga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Limos Kalinga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tanudan Kalinga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    (Additional references under 'Language codes' in the information box)
  2. [2]
    Himes, Ronald S. (1997). "Reconstructions in Kalinga-Itneg". Oceanic Linguistics. 36 (1): 102–134. doi:10.2307/3623072. JSTOR 3623072.
  3. [3]
    "Kalinga, Butbut". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-04-29.(subscription required)
  4. [4]
    "Ethnologue".(subscription required)
  5. [5]
    "Kalinga, Lubuagan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-04-29.(subscription required)
  6. [6]
    "Kalinga, Majukayang". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-04-29.(subscription required)
  7. [7]
    A Topical Vocabulary in English, Pilipino, Ilocano, and Southern Kalinga. Greenhills, Metro Manila: Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1980. pp. iv.
  8. [8]
    "Ethnologue".(subscription required)
  9. [9]
    "Kalinga, Tanudan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-04-29.(subscription required)
  10. [10]
    "Kalinga, Vanaw". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-04-29.(subscription required)
  11. [11]
    Gieser, C. Richard (1972). Kalinga sequential discourse. Philippine Journal of Linguistics 3. pp. 15–33.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. [12]
    Gieser, C. Richard (1958). The phonemes of Kalinga. In Studies in Philippine linguistics. pp. 10–23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Further reading

  • Ferreirinho, Naomi (1993). Selected topics in the grammar of Limos Kalinga, the Philippines. Pacific Linguistics Series B-109. Canberra: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-B109. hdl:1885/145804. ISBN 978-0-85883-419-4.
  • Brainard, Sherri (1985). Upper Tanudan Kalinga texts. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series: Philippine Texts, 1. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines and Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  • Gieser, C. Richard (1987). Guinaang Kalinga texts. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series: Philippine Texts, 4. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines and Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  • Olson, Kenneth S.; Machlan, Glenn; Amangao, Nelson (2008). "Minangali (Kalinga) Digital Wordlist: Presentation Form". Language Documentation & Conservation. 2 (1). hdl:10125/1772.


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