| Yogad | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Luzon |
Native speakers | (16,000 cited 1990 census) [1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yog |
| Glottolog | yoga1237 |
 Area where the Yogad language is spoken | |
Yogad is an Austronesian language [2] spoken primarily in Echague and other nearby towns in Isabela province in northern Philippines. The 1990 census claimed there were around 16,000 speakers. [3]
Anthropologist H. Otley Beyer describes Yogad as a variant of Gaddang language and the people as a sub-group of the Gaddang people in his 1917 catalogue of Philippines ethnic groups. [4] Glottolog presently groups it as a member of the Gaddangic group; in 2015, however, Ethnologue placed Yogad as a separate member of the Ibanagic language family. Godfrey Lambrecht, CICM, also distinguished separately the peoples who spoke the two languages. [5]
The Yogad alphabet has 21 letters composed of 16 consonants and 5 vowels. [6]
| Majuscule Letter | A | B | K | D | E | F | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minuscule Letter | a | b | k | d | e | f | g |
| IPA | /a/ | /b/ | /k/ | /d/ | /ɛ/ | /f/ | /ɡ/ |
| Majuscule Letter | H | I | L | M | N | NG | O |
| Minuscule Letter | h | i | l | m | n | ng | o |
| IPA | /h/ | /i/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ŋ/ | /o/ |
| Majuscule Letter | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y |
| Minuscule Letter | p | r | s | t | u | w | y |
| IPA | /p/ | /ɾ/ | /s/ | /t/ | /u/ | /w/ | /j/ |
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