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Tuwali
Native to	Philippines
Region	Kiangan, Ifugao
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Central Cordilleran Nuclear Cordilleran Ifugao Tuwali
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ifk
Glottolog	tuwa1243
Ifugao, showing the location of Kiangan

Tuwali language is a native language indigenous to Ifugao. It is mainly spoken in the whole province. Its different varieties distinguish the municipality.

Kiangan is the oldest town in the province. It derives its name from Kiangan, an ancient village near the bank of the Ibulao River across the Lagawe valley.

References

1. Tuwali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Further reading

• Hohulin, Richard M.; Hohulin, E. Lou (2014). Tuwali Ifugao Dictionary and Grammar Sketch. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines. ISBN 978-971-780-031-8.

External links

• Online version of Hohulin and Hohulin's (2014) dictionary and grammar sketch hosted by SIL International

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