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Isnag

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: isd

Population	30,000 (1994 SIL).
Region	Luzon, north Apayao.
Language map	Northern Philippines, reference number 6
Alternate names	Dibagat-Kabugao-Isneg, Isneg, Maragat
Dialects	Bayag, Dibagat-Kabugao, Calanasan, Karagawan (Daragawan), Talifugu-Ripang (Tawini). Calanasan dialect 94% intelligibility with Dibagat dialect, 88% with Ilocano [ilo]; Talifugu-Ripang 89% with Dibagat, 71% with Ilocano.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Northern Luzon, Northern Cordilleran, Cagayan Valley, Isnag
Language use	Also use Ilocano [ilo].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. NT: 1980.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BARLAAN, Rodolfo R., author. 1975. "Isneg verbal clauses, stem classes, and affixes."

BARLAAN, Rodolfo R., author. 1977. "Fact and fiction in Isneg narrative discourse."  

BARLAAN, Rodolfo R., author. 1986. Some major aspects of the focus system in Isnag.

BARLAAN, Rodolfo R., author. 1995. "Isnag: introduction and wordlist."

BARLAAN, Rodolfo R., author. 1999. Aspects of focus in Isnag.

ROE, G. Richard, author. 1966. "Isneg spelling."

Vernacular Publications

[primers]. 1957.

Daya nasapar nga makagi (The expressions that are often said: a phrase book for Isnag). 1976.

Ya angngagas ta kadaya sin-sinakit. 1976.

Ya kuwaan da ya i Apayao 3. 1957.