Iwaak language

Iwaak
Iwaak
I-wak
Native to	Philippines
Region	Luzon
Native speakers	(3,300 cited 2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Southern Cordilleran West Southern Cordilleran Nuclear Southern Cordilleran Ibaloy Iwaak; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	iwk
Glottolog	iwak1237
	Area where Iwaak is spoken according to Ethnologue

Last updated December 17, 2025

Iwaak (also spelled I-wak or I'wak) is a South-Central Cordilleran language ^[2] spoken by almost 3,300 people around the Cordillera Central mountain range of Luzon, Philippines. It is a Pangasinic language which makes it closely related to Pangasinan, one of the regional languages in the country, with around 1.2 million speakers.

According to Ethnologue , in eastern Itogon municipality, Benguet Province, I-wak is spoken in Tojongan, Bakes, Lebeng, Domolpos, Bujasjas, and Kayo-ko villages. It is also spoken in Salaksak village, Kayapa municipality, Nueva Vizcaya Province.

References

↑ Iwaak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "I-Wak". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Iwaak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "I-Wak". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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