| Ifugao | |
| Region: | Ifugao, Luzon |
| States: | Philippines |
| Speakers: | 130,000 |
| Date: | 1987–2007 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Philippine |
| Fam4: | Northern Luzon |
| Fam5: | Meso-Cordilleran |
| Fam6: | Central Cordilleran |
| Fam7: | Nuclear Cordilleran |
| Lc1: | ifb |
| Ld1: | Batad Ifugao |
| Lc2: | ifa |
| Ld2: | Amganad Ifugao |
| Lc3: | ifu |
| Ld3: | Mayoyao Ifugao |
| Lc4: | ifk |
| Glotto: | ifug1247 |
| Glottorefname: | Ifugaw |
| Map: | Ifugao_dialect_cluster_map.png |
| Mapcaption: | Area where the Ifugao dialect continuum is spoken according to Ethnologue |
Ifugao or Batad is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the northern valleys of Ifugao, Philippines. It is a member of the Northern Luzon subfamily and is closely related to the Bontoc and Kankanaey languages.[1] It is a dialect continuum, and its four main varieties—such as Tuwali—are sometimes considered separate languages.[2]
Loanwords from other languages, such as Ilokano, are replacing some older terminology.[3]
Ethnologue reports the following locations for each of the four Ifugao languages.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| Fricative | h | ||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ʊ ~ u | ||
| Mid | ɛ | ə | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
The unified Ifugao alphabet is as follows: A, B, D, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, Ng, O, P, T, U, W, Y. The letters are pronounced differently depending on the dialect of the speaker.[6]