Kankanaey language

Kankanaey
Kankanaey
Kankana-ey, Kankanaëy
Native to	Philippines
Region	Northern Luzon
Ethnicity	Kankanaey people
Native speakers	(240,000 cited 1990 census – 2003)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Central Cordilleran Nuclear Cordilleran Bontok–Kankanay Kankanaey; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; kne – Kankanaey; xnn – Northern Kankanaey; itt – Maeng Itneg
Glottolog	kank1245
	Area where Kankanaey (including Northern Kankanaey, but not Maeng Itneg) is spoken according to Ethnologue

Kankanaey, also spelled Kankana-ey or Kankanaëy, (Filipino: Wikang Kankanaëy) is a South-Central Cordilleran language under the Austronesian family spoken on the island of Luzon in the Philippines primarily by the Kankanaey people. Alternate names for the language include Central Kankanaey, Kankanai, and Kankanay. It is widely used by Cordillerans, alongside Ilocano, specifically people from Mountain Province and people from the northern part of the Benguet Province. Kankanaey has a slight mutual intelligibility with the Ilocano language.