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 the provinces of Pangasinan and Tarlac.

Ibaloi
Ibaloy
Ivadoy
Region	Luzon, Philippines
Ethnicity	Ibaloi people
Native speakers	(110,000 cited 1990 census)[1]
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 is spoken in central and southern Benguet and in western Nueva Vizcaya. Dialects are Daklan, Kabayan, Bokod (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.[2]