Kalanguya, also called Kallahan, is a dialect cluster spoken by the Kalanguya people of northern Luzon, Philippines. The Kalanguya language is closely related to Ibaloi, Karao, and Iwak and is distantly related with Pangasinan and Ilongot. The Kalanguya language is part of the Southern Cordilleran languages of the Northern Luzon languages, which in turn is part of the Malayo-Polynesian languages.
Distribution Kalanguya (also called Ikalahan, Kalangoya, Kalangoya-Ikalahan, Kallahan, Kayapa) is spoken in the following locations:Ethnologue western Nueva Vizcaya Province Ifugao Province (Tinoc municipality) Benguet Province (Bokod municipality) northeastern Pangasinan Province (San Nicolas municipality) north Nueva Ecija Province (Carranglan municipality)
The dialects of Kalanguya are Kalanguya (KLN) AHN — Ahin, Tinoc, Ifugao DKY — Mandek-ey of Amlimay, Buguias, Benguet HNG — Hanglulaw of Amduntog, Asipolo, Ifugao KAY — Kayapa Proper, Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya KEH — Mankehang of Sitio Tinudan, Poblacion, Kabayan, Benguet KEL — Keley-i of Antipolo, Asipolo, Ifugao Reid 1971; L. Hohulin 1971; and R. M. Hohulin 1971.
Himes (1998) report the following lexical relationship on basic vocabulary of the Kalanguya dialects with each other: Keley-i and Hanglulaw (Northern dialects) - 94% Kehang, Mandek-ey, and Kayapa proper (Southern dialects)- 87% - 94% Ahin to the Southern dialects - 80% - 86%
The northern dialects are reported to show Ifugao influences while the southern dialects inhibit influences from Ibaloi. Ahin is linguistically considered a third branch, separate from the two.
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Further reading
External links Online version of Hohulin et al.'s (2018) dictionary hosted by SIL International