Dialects: Ilentungen, Kiriyenteken, Pulangiyen.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 15,000 (2008 SIL). Ethnic population: 15,000.
Language Use: Home, church, and community. All ages. Positive attitudes. L2 is acquired through the community and used in school, community.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 45%. Literacy rate in L2: 45%. Dictionary. NT: 1978–2003.
Typology: VSO; prepositions; genitives after noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals all before noun heads; relatives after noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; maximum number of affixes: 5 prefixes, 1 suffix; word order distinguishes subject, object and direct objects, given and new information, topic and comment; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC; nontonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Philippines