Ivatan language

Ivatan
Spoken in:	Philippines
Region:	Northern Luzon
First language speakers:	30,000
Second language speakers:	negligible
Ranking:
Genetic classification:	Austronesian   Malayo-Polynesian    Western    Northern Philippine     Northern Luzon      Ivatan
Official status
Official language of:	-
Regulated by:	-
Language codes
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The Ivatan language, also known as Ibatan, is an Austronesian language spoken exclusively in the Batanes Islands in the most northern reaches of the Philippines. With the islands' proximity to Taiwan, the language is closer linguistically to Taiwanese aborigine languages than to other Philippine languages. However, the language is not placed in the Formosan languages group.

Related Articles

• Culture of the Philippines
• Languages of the Philippines

External links

• Official Site of the Batanes Province
• BatanesOnline.com
• The Ivatan
• Affiliation with the Yami of Taiwan