Isinai language

Isinai (also spelled Isinay) is a Northern Luzon language primarily spoken in Nueva Vizcaya province in the northern Philippines. By linguistic classification, it is more divergent from other Central Cordilleran languages, such as Kalinga, Itneg or Ifugao and Kankanaey.

Isinai
Isinay
Native to	Philippines
Region	Luzon
Native speakers	(5,500 cited 1990 census)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Central Cordilleran Nuclear Cordilleran Bontok–Balangao Isinai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	inn
Glottolog	isin1239[2]
Area where Isinai is spoken[1]

According to the Ethnologue, Isinai is spoken in Bambang, Dupax del Sur, and Aritao municipalities, alongside Ilocano.

Grammar

Isinai contains a definite article with three different forms that vary depending on the relation of the noun. The forms of the definite article are: ar, ardari, and war. [3]

References

1. Isinai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Isinai". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Conant, Carlos (1915). "Grammatical Notes on the Isinai Language (Philippines)". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 35: 289–292 – via Glottolog.

• Perlawan, Sarah Eve. 2015. Grammatical Sketch of Isinay Dupax. m.s. University of the Philippines, Diliman.
• Reid, Lawrence A., and Analyn Salvador-Amores (2016). Guide to Isinay Orthography. Baguio: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines, Baguio.