Alternate Names: Ybanag
Dialects: North Ibanag, South Ibanag. Intelligibility with Itawit , 69%.
Status Notes: De facto language of provincial identity in Cagayan and Isabela provinces.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 500,000 (1990 SIL).
Language Use: Positive attitudes. Also use Filipino [fil], Ilocano [ilo]. Used as L2 by Faire Atta [azt], Pudtol Atta [atp].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Taught in primary schools, in Cayagan and Isabela provinces. NT: 1911–1989.
Typology: VSO; genitives after noun heads; adjectives and numerals before noun heads; CV, CVC; nontonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Philippines