Central Cordilleran languages


The Central Cordilleran languages are a group of closely related languages within the Northern Luzon subgroup of the Austronesian language family. They are spoken in the interior highlands of Northern Luzon in the Cordillera Central mountain range.

Classification

Reid classifies the Central Cordilleran languages as follows:
Reid has suggested that the Central Cordilleran languages are most closely related to the Southern Cordilleran languages, which is supported by numerous exclusively shared innovations listed by Himes.

Reconstruction

Proto-Central Cordilleran has been reconstructed by Reid.

Phonology

FrontCentralBack
Close*i*ɨ*u
Open*a

Proto-Central Cordilleran can be reconstructed with phonemic stress.

Vocabulary

The comparison table illustrates the correspondences between the Central Cordilleran languages, including inherited vocabulary as well as Central Cordilleran innovations.