Iwaak (also spelled I-wak or I'wak) is a
South-Central Cordilleran language spoken by almost 3,300 people around the
Cordillera Central Central Cordillera refers to the New Guinea Highlands.
Cordillera Central, meaning ''central range'' in Spanish, may refer to the following mountain ranges:
* Cordillera Central, Andes (disambiguation), several mountain ranges in South America
** ...
mountain range of
Luzon,
Philippines. It is a Pangasinic language which makes it closely related to
Pangasinan
Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan ( pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Pangasinan, ; ilo, Probinsia ti Pangasinan; tl, Lalawigan ng Pangasinan), is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capit ...
, one of the regional languages in the country, with around 1.2 million speakers.
According to ''
Ethnologue
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'', 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
Languages of Benguet
South–Central Cordilleran languages
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