Ibaloi language

The Ibaloi language (ësël ivadoy, /əsəl ivaˈdoj/) belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages family. It is closely related to the Pangasinan language, which is spoken primarily in central and southern Benguet, and western Nueva Vizcaya and eastern La Union. Its dialects include Daklan, Kabayan, and Bokod.

Ibaloi
Ibaloy
Ivadoy
Region	Luzon, Philippines
Ethnicity	Ibaloi people
Native speakers	120,000 (2005 )
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Southern Cordilleran West Southern Cordilleran Nuclear Southern Cordilleran Ibaloi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ibl
Glottolog	ibal1244
Area where Ibaloi is spoken according to Ethnologue

Ibaloi phonemes are similar to those found in other Philippine languages with a few exceptions. Many variants of the Ibaloi tongue have naturally occurring /f/, /dʒ/ and /v/, as in sifa (interrogative 'who'), ibjag ('to lose one's grip on something or someone, to let go') and devit (a traditional wrap-around skirt). /ʃ/ is also commonly heard in the La Trinidad valley and nearby areas, as in xima (a particle usually equivalent to the prepositions in, on, or to depending on the sentence construction), but may be occasionally heard as /tʃ/ in some communities.

Phonology

Vowel phonemes

	Front	Back
High	i
Mid	e	o
Close	a

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	tʃ	k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d	dʒ	ɡ
Fricative		f v	s			h
Approximant			l	j	w
Tap			ɾ

Ibaloi is one of the Philippine languages that do not exhibit [ɾ]-[d] allophony.

External links

• Ibaloy orthography Archived 2020-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Ibaloy-language word list from the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
• A handy guidebook to the Ibaloi language. Baguio City, Philippines: Tebtebba Foundation, 2010.