Indi language

The Indi language or Mag-indi (or Mag-Indi Ayta) is a Sambalic language with around 5,000 speakers.[2] It is spoken within Philippine Aeta communities in San Marcelino, Zambales, and in the Pampango municipalities of Floridablanca (including in Nabuklod[3]) and Porac. There are also speakers in Lumibao and Maague-ague.[4]

Indi
Ayta, Indi, Indi Ayta, Mag-Indi Sambal
Mag-indi
Native toPhilippines
RegionFloridablanca, Porac, San Marcelino
Ethnicity30,000 (no date)[1]
Native speakers
(5,000 cited 1998)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3blx
Glottologmagi1241

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative s
Lateral l
Rhotic ɾ
Approximant w j

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Open a

[5]

See also

References

  1. Indi language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) closed access
  2. Indi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  3. Stone, Roger (2008). "The Sambalic Languages of Central Luzon" (PDF). Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures. 19: 158–183. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  4. Himes, Ronald S. (2012). "The Central Luzon Group of Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 51 (2): 490–537. doi:10.1353/ol.2012.0013. JSTOR 23321866. S2CID 143589926.
  5. Stone, Roger (2017). Introduction to Ayta Mag-Indi Orthography.

Further reading


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