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Ivatan language

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{{language |name=Ivatan |nativename= |familycolor=Austronesian |states=Philippines |region=Batanes Batanes Islands |speakers=35,000
(Population includes 3,448 Itbayatan) |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian languages Malayo-Polynesian |fam3=Northern Philippine languages Northern Philippine |fam4=Bashiic-Central Luzon-Northern Mindoro languages Bashiic-Central Luzon-No. Mindoro |fam5=Bashiic languages Bashiic |iso2=phi|iso3=ivv}} The '''Ivatan language''', also known as '''Ibatan''', is an Austronesian language spoken exclusively in the Batanes Islands in the most northern reaches of the Philippines. With the islands' proximity to Taiwan, the language is closer linguistically and philologically to Taiwanese aborigine languages than to other Philippine languages. However, the language is not placed in the Formosan languages group. It is especially characterized by its words, which mostly have the letter 'v', as in vakul, Ivatan, and valuga. Letter 'e', is pronounced as the schwa oun, or 'uh', as in Dios Mamajes, 'di-yos-ma-ma-huhs', and palek 'pa-luhk'. The Ivatan language is completely different from the rest of the other Philippine languages, having been isolated and more closer to Taiwanese aborigines, especially the Tao people Yami group.

See also
*Culture of the Philippines *Languages of the Philippines

External links

- Official Site of the Batanes Province
- BatanesOnline.com
- The Ivatan
- Affiliation with the Yami of Taiwan
- Bansa.org Ivatan Dictionary {{au-lang-stub}} Category:Austronesian languages Category:Languages of the Philippines