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Ibatan

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: ivb

Population	1,350 (2000 SIL), increasing. No monolinguals.
Region	Babuyan Island, north of Luzon; Northern Luzon (a few students).
Language map	Northern Philippines, reference number 3
Alternate names	Babuyan, Ibataan, Ivatan
Dialects	Intelligibility with Itbayaten Ivatan [ivv] 64%; Basco Ivatan [ivv] 31%. Lexical similarity: 72% with Itbayaten Ivatan, 74% with Basco Ivatan.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Bashiic, Ivatan
Language use	Shifting to Ilocano [ilo]. All domains. Used in religious services and ceremonies, local commerce. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Ilocano [ilo], Filipino [fil], or Chinese [cmn]. Schooling is in Tagalog [tgl] or English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1,000 can read and write. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. 1,000 can read and write it. Taught in primary schools. NT: 1996.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	In 1975 many died from measles and polio. Since 1978 the population has grown from 450 to 1,350 because of medicine. Agriculturalists: dry and wet rice; fishermen. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MAREE, Judith, compiler. 2005. The Ibatan: a genealogy of the people of Babuyan Claro Island.

MAREE, Rundell, author. 1982. Ibataʼan cultural origins and social organization.

MAREE, Rundell, author. 2007. Ibatan: a grammatical sketch of the language of Babuyan Claro island.

Vernacular Publications

A B K 1 2 3. 1979.

A B K. 1983.

Abakadahen ta. 1983.

Aywanan taw inawan taya mayyit. 1980.

Matatarek a kapanotong 1. 1984.

Matatarek a kapanotong 2. 1985.

Matatarek a kapaychirin (Different languages: a phrase book for the Ibataan people of Babuyan Island). 1979.

Maynamot do lobong taya. 1990.

No byay ni Krischano. 1989.

No istoriya ta a maynamot dodya Babuyan Claro. 1981.