Kalinga, Tanudan

KML

developing

Alternate Names: Lower Tanudan, Lower Tanudan Kalinga, Mangali Kalinga

Dialects: Dacalan, Lubo, Minangali (Mangali), Pinangol (Pangul), Tinaloctoc (Taluctoc). Intelligibility: 79% of Limos Kalinga ,, 66% of Guinaang dialect of Lubuagan Kalinga ,. Lexical similarity: 97% with Pinangol dialect, 80% with Madukayang Kalinga ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Northern Luzon
Meso-Cordilleran
South-Central Cordilleran
Central Cordilleran
North Central Cordilleran
Kalinga-Itneg
Kalinga

Demographics: 11,200 (1998 SIL), increasing. 1,120 monolinguals. L2 users: Used by those intermarrying with local speakers and by outsiders living in the area.

Language Use: All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng], Filipino [fil], Ilocano [ilo].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 82%. Literacy rate in L2: 70%–82%. Bible portions: 1980–1987.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Philippines

Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.