Kankanaey language

Kankanaey language

language
name=Kankanaey
familycolor=Austronesian
states=Philippines
region=Northern Luzon
speakers=2.7 million, est. 1.3 million second language = 4 million total
rank=1000
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Borneo-Philippines
fam4=Northern Philippine
fam5=Northern Luzon
iso3=kne

Kankanai, or Kankanaey, is a language used on the island of Luzon in The Philippines. It is widely used by Cordillerans, principally people from the Mountain Province, but also some from Benguet province.


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