Malaweg language

Malaweg
Malaweg
Native to	Philippines
Region	Luzon
Native speakers	(14,500 cited 1990 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Cagayan Valley Itawis Malaweg; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	mala1534

Malaweg (Malaueg) is spoken by the Malaweg people in the northern part of the Philippines. Ethnologue lists it as a dialect of the Itawis language.^[2]

Malaweg is mostly spoken in the Northern Cordillera Mountain Range region and some in the Province of Cagayan, with the majority in the town of Rizal. Ninety-eight percent of the people living in Rizal are Malaweg-speaking, and the town is known as "The Premier Town of the Malaweg".^{[citation needed]}

Origin

From Fr. Jose Bugarin's Ibanag Dictionary "Ueg [modern: uweg], river estuary. Pl. ueueg [uweweg] = Malaueg: a town in this province, in the district of Itaves (Itawis, now Chico River)"

References

^ Itawit at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices

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[1] Itawit at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices

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