Batanic languages
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The Batanic languages (sometimes also called Bashiic or Ivatanic) are a dialect cluster of the Austronesian language family. They are spoken on Babuyan Island, just north of Luzon; three of the Batanes Islands, between the Philippines and Taiwan; and on Orchid Island of southern Taiwan.
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Batanic | |
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Bashiic, Ivatanic | |
Geographic distribution | Batanes and Orchid Island |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Glottolog | bata1315 |
Geographic distribution of the Batanic languages |
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The varieties in the Philippines are called Ivatan (also spelled Ibatan), or are named Babuyan, Batan, or Itbayat after their islands, while the variety of Taiwan is called Yami or Tao.
Proto-Batanic has been reconstructed by Yang (2002).[1]