Southern Cordilleran languages


The Southern Cordilleran languages are a group of closely related languages within the Northern Luzon subgroup of the Austronesian language family. They are spoken in an area stretching from the southern shore of the Lingayen Gulf to the highlands of Quirino province. The most widely spoken Southern Cordilleran language is Pangasinan, one of the eight major languages of the Philippines.

Internal classification

The subgroup was first proposed by Zorc. Himes classifies the Southern Cordilleran languages as follows:
Proto-Southern Cordilleran has been reconstructed by Himes.

Phonology

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Vocabulary

The comparison table and Zorc ) illustrates the correspondences between the Southern Cordilleran languages, including inherited vocabulary as well as Southern Cordilleran innovations.