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Ivatan

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: ivv

Population	35,000 (1998 SIL), increasing. 3,448 Itbayatan (1996 census).
Region	Batanes Islands. Many relocated to Mindanao near Bukidnon, Lanao del Sur, and Cotabato; Manila, Luzon, Palawan, other countries.
Language map	Northern Philippines, reference number 1
Dialects	Itbayaten, Basco Ivatan, Southern Ivatan.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Bashiic, Ivatan
Language use	Vigorous. Only very young and very old are monolingual. Not used in schools. Home, administration, religion, commerce, labor relations, letters. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Filipino [fil] or English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 92%. Literacy rate in L2: 92%. Literary tradition of laji (old songs) and folklore. Letters, hymnbooks. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1984.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Animal husbandry: cattle; fishermen. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

COTTLE, Morris; COTTLE, Shirley, authors. 1958. "The significant sounds of Ivatan."

HEALEY, Alan, editor. 1958. Studies in Philippine linguistics by members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (Pacific branch).

HOOKER, Betty, author. 1972. "Cohesion in Ivatan."

LARSON, Virginia, author. 1972. "Pronominal reference in the Ivatan narrative."

REID, Lawrence A., author. 1966. An Ivatan syntax.

STONE, Roger, author. 2006. "The Sambalic languages of Central Luzon."  

STONE, Roger, author. 2008. "The Sambalic languages of Central Luzon."

WOLFENDEN, Elmer, author. 1972. Review of: a tagmemic grammar of Ivatan, by Cesar A. Hidalgo and Araceli C. Hidalgo.

Vernacular Publications

Ivatan primer 1. 1957.

Maylir ta so Ivatan. 1974.