Loanwords from other languages, such as
Ilokano, are replacing some older terminology.[4]
Dialects
Ethnologue reports the following locations for each of the four Ifugao languages.
Amganad Ifugao: spoken in
Hungduan and
Banaue municipalities of
Ifugao Province, and into southwestern
Mountain Province. 27,100 speakers as of 2000. Dialects are Burnay Ifugao and Banaue Ifugao.
Batad Ifugao (Ayangan Ifugao): spoken in central
Ifugao Province. There are also some speakers in
Isabela Province, on the eastern shore of the
Magat reservoir. 10,100 speakers as of 2002. Dialects include Ducligan Ifugao.
The unified Ifugao alphabet is as follows: A, B, D, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, Ng, O, P, T, U, W, Y. The letters are pronounced differently depending on the dialect of the speaker.[7]
^Taleon, Kristine (2020). A Phonological Sketch of Tuwali Ifugao. University of the Philippines Diliman.
^Newell, Leonard E.; Poligon, Francis (1993). Batad Ifugao dictionary, with ethnographic notes. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines. pp. 3–10.