Meso-Cordilleran languages explained

Meso-Cordilleran
Region:	north Luzon
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Philippine
Fam4:	Northern Luzon
Child1:	Central Cordilleran
Child2:	Southern Cordilleran
Child3:	Alta
Glotto:	meso1254
Glottorefname:	Meso-Cordilleran

The Meso-Cordilleran languages are a group of languages spoken in or near the Cordillera Central mountain range in Northern Luzon. Its speakers are culturally very diverse, and include the lowland Pangasinense, the Igorot highlanders (including Bugkalot), and Alta-speaking Aeta groups.

Languages

Classification per Himes (2005):^[1]

• Meso-Cordilleran
  • Northern Alta
  • Southern Alta
  • South-Central Cordilleran
    • Central Cordilleran
      • Isinai
      • North Central Cordilleran
        • Kalinga–Itneg
          • Itneg (a dialect cluster)
          • Kalinga (a dialect cluster)
        • Nuclear Cordilleran
          • Ifugao
          • Balangao
          • Bontok–Kankanay
            • Bontok–Finallig
            • Kankanaey
    • Southern Cordilleran
      • Ilongot
      • West Southern Cordilleran
        • Pangasinan
        • Nuclear Southern Cordilleran
          • Ibaloi
          • Karao
          • Iwaak
          • Kallahan

Notes and References

1. Himes, Ronald S. 2005. The Meso-Cordilleran Group of Philippine Languages. In Hsiu-chuan Liao and Carl R. Galvez Rubino (eds.), Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology: Parangal kay Lawrence A. Reid, 81-92. Manila, Philippines: Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL Philippines.