Central Cordilleran languages

Central Cordilleran
Geographic
distribution
northern Luzon
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologcent2296

The Central Cordilleran languages are a group of closely related languages within the Northern Luzon subgroup of the Austronesian language family. They are spoken in the interior highlands of Northern Luzon in the Cordillera Central mountain range.

Classification

Reid (1974) classifies the Central Cordilleran languages as follows:

Reid (1991) has suggested that the Central Cordilleran languages are most closely related to the Southern Cordilleran languages, which is supported by numerous exclusively shared innovations listed by Himes (2005).

Reconstruction

Proto-Central Cordilleran
Reconstruction ofCentral Cordilleran languages
Reconstructed
ancestors

Proto-Central Cordilleran has been reconstructed by Reid (1974; 2006).

Phonology

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close *i *u
Open *a
Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop voiceless *p *t *k
voiced *b *d *g
Fricative *s
Nasal *m *n
Lateral *l
Approximant *w *y

Proto-Central Cordilleran can be reconstructed with phonemic stress.

Vocabulary

The comparison table (taken from Reid (1974) illustrates the correspondences between the Central Cordilleran languages, including inherited vocabulary as well as Central Cordilleran innovations.

Comparison table
Words inherited from Proto-Austronesian (PAn)
Isinai Kalinga Ifugao PCC PAn Meaning
béoy boloy baluy *balɨy *balay 'house'
páχoy págoy páguy *págɨy *pajay 'rice'
Central Cordilleran innovations
Isinai Kalinga Ifugao PCC PAn Meaning
ʔíla ʔíla ʔíla *ʔíla (*kita) 'see'
dalit dalit dalet *dalit (*tuNa) 'eel'
kolaŋ ʔolaŋ ʔolaŋ *kɨlaŋ (*quləj) 'worm'
waŋwaŋ waŋwaŋ waŋwaŋ *waŋwaŋ (*iluR) 'river'

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