Malaweg (Malaueg) is spoken by the Malaweg people in the northern part of the

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. As per ''Ethnologue'', it is a dialect of the

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language.Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices Malaweg is mostly spoken in the Northern Cordillera Mountain Range region and some in the

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, with the majority in the town of

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. Ninety-eight percent of the people living in Rizal are Malaweg-speaking, and the town is known as "The Premier Town of the Malaweg".

Origin

From Fr. Jose Bugarin's Ibanag Dictionary "Ueg odern: uweg river estuary. Pl. ueueg weweg= Malaueg: a town in this province, in the district of Itaves (Itawis, now Chico River)" The malaueg church of Malaueg, Cagayan

References

External links

Malaweg lexiconMalaweg syntaxOrtograpiya Ya Malawég (2016)
by Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) Languages of Cagayan Languages of Apayao Cagayan Valley languages {{philippine-lang-stub