Kankanay, Northern

XNN

developing

Alternate Names: Sagada Igorot, Western Bontoc

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Philippine

Northern Luzon

Meso-Cordilleran

South-Central Cordilleran

Central Cordilleran

North Central Cordilleran

Nuclear Cordilleran

Bontok-Kankanay

Kankanay

Demographics: 70,000 (1987 SIL).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 65%–70%. Literacy rate in L2: 65%–70%. Grammar. NT: 1984.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Philippines