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 toPhilippines
RegionLuzon
Native speakers
5,000 (2010 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3inn
Glottologisin1239
ELPIsinay
Area where Isinai is spoken[1]

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

Dialects

Ethnologue reports Dupax del Sur, Aritao and Bambang as dialects of Isinai. However, Ethnologue also reports that the Aritao dialect is moribund.[1]

Phonology

Vowel phonemes
Front Back
High i
Mid e o
Close a
Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative f v s ʃ h
Approximant l j w
Tap ɾ


Isinai is also one of the Philippine languages which is excluded from [ɾ]-[d] allophone.

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.[2]

References

  1. Isinai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Conant, Carlos (1915). "Grammatical Notes on the Isinai Language (Philippines)". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 35: 289–292. doi:10.2307/592653. JSTOR 592653.


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