The Isnag language is a language spoken by around 55,000 Isnags

Isneg

The Isneg are a tribe living in Luzon, the Philippines. The Isneg and other ethnic groups of the Cordillera Administrative Region are collectively known as Cordillerans. They speak the Isnag language....

 of the Apayao Province

Apayao

Apayao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its administrative capital is Luna and founding capital Kabugao. It borders Cagayan to the north and east, Abra and Ilocos Norte to the west, and Kalinga to the south...

 in the Cordillera Administrative Region

Cordillera Administrative Region

The Cordillera Administrative Region is a region in the Philippines composed of the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province, as well as Baguio City, the regional center. The Cordillera Administrative Region encompasses most of the areas within the Cordillera...

 in the northern Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. Around 85% of Isnags are capable of reading the Isnag language. Many Isnag speakers also use Ilocano

Ilokano language

Ilokano or Ilocano is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines....

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Phonology

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

Language sample

• Isnag: Piyán tada din ya isaisa kadàtada wawwági, ta ya aminya ay gayát ke Dios. --1 Juan 4:7
  • Approximate English
    English language
    English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
    
     Translation: Friends, let us love each other, because love comes from God. --1 John
    First Epistle of John
    The First Epistle of John, often referred to as First John and written 1 John, is a book of the New Testament. This fourth catholic or "general" epistle is attributed to John the Evangelist, traditionally thought to be the author of the Gospel of John and the other two Epistles of John. This...
    
     4:7
• Isnag: Ay day-dayáwan tada nge Dios, nga Dios se Ama naya Apu tada nga Jesu-Cristo. --1 Pedro 1:3
  • Approximate English Translation: Praise God, the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. --1 Peter
    First Epistle of Peter
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    1:3

Historical sound changes

In Isnag, the Proto-Philippine schwa vowel *ə has merged to /a/ in Isnag compare Isnag Atap"thatch/roof" with Kapampangan Atap, Tagalog Atip and Cebuano Atop.