Indi language explained

Indi
Nativename:Mag-indi
States:Philippines
Region:Floridablanca, Porac, San Marcelino
Ethnicity:30,000 (no date)
Speakers:5,000
Date:1998
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Philippine
Fam4:Central Luzon
Fam5:Sambalic
Iso3:blx
Glotto:magi1241
Glottorefname:Mag-Indi Ayta
Also Known As:Ayta, Indi, Indi Ayta, Mag-Indi Sambal

The Indi language or Mag-indi (or Mag-Indi Ayta) is a Sambalic language with around 5,000 speakers. It is spoken within Philippine Aeta communities in San Marcelino, Zambales, and in the Pampango municipalities of Floridablanca (including in Nabuklod[1]) and Porac. There are also speakers in Lumibao and Maague-ague.[2]

Phonology

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Rhoticpronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/
[3]

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Stone . Roger . 2008 . The Sambalic Languages of Central Luzon . dead . Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures . 19 . 158–183 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170517054029/http://www-01.sil.org/asia/Philippines/splc/SPLC19-10_Stone.pdf . 2017-05-17 . 2016-03-30.
  2. Himes . Ronald S. . 2012 . The Central Luzon Group of Languages . Oceanic Linguistics . 51 . 2 . 490–537 . 23321866 . 10.1353/ol.2012.0013. 143589926 .
  3. Book: Stone, Roger . Introduction to Ayta Mag-Indi Orthography . 2017.