Isnag

Introduction

Isnag is a language of Philippines. It is spoken in Luzon, north Apayao Province.

Dialects

Bayag, Calanasan, Dibagat-Kabugao, Karagawan (Daragawan), Talifugu-Ripang (Tawini). Calanasan dialect 94% intelligibility of Dibagat dialect, 88% of Ilocano (See: Ilocano); Talifugu-Ripang 89% of Dibagat, 71% of Ilocano.

The Isnag Verb

Verblist

• daxet
• dixut
• inum
• ixat
• ixup
• kan
• kaxat
• tuno
• uxat
• waxa
• xabbo
• xappat
• xatang
• xiling
• xina

• bumagkung -- to stab, pierce
• dagetan -- to sew
• guma:tang -- to buy
• gumuruq, mamotun (potun) -- to cook
• katal, magkudkud -- to scratch
• kuma:yab -- to fly
• kumaga:t -- to bite
• laban (qala:b) -- to sniff, smell
• magba:yu -- to pound, beat
• magbi:la:ng -- to count
• maggagalaq -- to laugh
• magkubkob -- to dig
• magkuwa -- to work
• magligut -- to turn
• maglu:ta:b -- to spit
• magmu:la -- to plant
• magpi:li -- to choose
• magsi:ka:d -- to stand
• magta:kaw -- to steal
• magtugaw -- to sit
• mama -- to chew
• mamaldit (paldit) -- to cut, hack
• manalen (da:len) -- to walk
• manalug (talug) -- to swim
• manga:n (ka:n) -- to eat
• manganup -- to hunt
• masing (qansing) -- to fear
• masingan -- to see
• matu:dug -- to sleep
• metaqna:g -- to fall
• murtan (murat) -- to squeeze
• natay -- to die, be dead
• patayan -- to kill
• qammu -- to know, be knowledgeable
• qibangat -- to throw
• qikagi -- to say
• qimqimma:n -- to hold
• qisiruq -- to hide
• qota -- to vomit
• quminum -- to drink
• qumuneq -- to climb
• siluwa:n (si:lu) -- to tie up, fasten
• siqdu:gan -- to burn
• su:pan (sup) -- to blow
• suma:ngit -- to cry
• sumupsop -- to suck
• tagenap -- to dream
• ùmbet -- to come