Ibaloi
Ibaloy
Ivadoy
RegionLuzon, Philippines
EthnicityIbaloi people
Native speakers
120,000 (2005 )[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3ibl
Glottologibal1244
Area where Ibaloi is spoken according to Ethnologue

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 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.[2]

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.

References

  1. ↑ Ibaloi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ↑ "Pesing Mansodat shi Inibaloi". ibaloy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  • A handy guidebook to the Ibaloi language. Baguio City, Philippines: Tebtebba Foundation, 2010.


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