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Kankanaey

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: kne

Population	150,000 (1991 SIL). All Kankanai 218,279 (1990 census).
Region	Luzon, north Benguet Province, southwest Mountain Province, southeast Ilocos Sur, northeast La Union.
Language map	Northern Philippines, reference number 21
Alternate names	Central Kankanaey, Kankanai, Kankanay
Dialects	Mankayan-Buguias, Kapangan, Bakun-Kibungan, Guinzadan.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Northern Luzon, Meso-Cordilleran, South-Central Cordilleran, Central Cordilleran, North Central Cordilleran, Nuclear Cordilleran, Bontok-Kankanay, Kankanay
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 75%. Literacy rate in L2: 78%. NT: 1990.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Agriculturalists: rice, vegetables. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALLEN, Janet L., author. 1978. "Kankanaey adjuncts."  

ALLEN, Janet L., author. 1978. "The limiting glottal infix in Kankanaey."  

ALLEN, Janet L., author. 1989. "Definiteness as it affects participant introduction."

ALLEN, Janet L., author. 2003. "Operators and clause structure in Kankanaey."

ALLEN, Janet L., author. 2006. "The ubiquitous, anomalous -om- infix in Kankanaey."  

ALLEN, Janet L., author. 2008. "Between actor and undergoer: the -om- predicates in Kankanaey."

ALLEN, Janet L., author. 2011. A role and reference grammar analysis of Kankanaey.  

ALLEN, Lawrence P., author. 1975. "Distinctive features in Kankanaey."

ALLEN, Lawrence P., author. 1977. "Reduplication and cyclical rule ordering in Kankanaey morphophonemics."  

ALLEN, Lawrence P., author. 1980. "The interaction of reduplication and phonology in Kankanaey."

MCFARLAND, Austina; QUIMBA, Mafe, compilers; LIEFFERS, Jean, editor. 2003. Twelve stories for twelve stamps & words of wisdom : a cultural anthology of traditional literature from the Philippines.

Vernacular Publications

Bonbontiya. 1976.

Din inmeyan Cristiano ed langit = Christian’s journey to heaven. 1986.

Kanayon ay ngalat (Everyday conversation: a phrase book for Central Kankanaey). 1976.

Manbasa tako. 1977.

Manbasa tako. 1987.

Man-esek ya manpakan. 1976.

Pasigeden di biyag. 1976.

Pasigeden di pamilya. 1984.