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 (1974) classifies the Central Cordilleran languages as follows:


 * Central Cordilleran
 * Isinai
 * North Central Cordilleran
 * Kalinga–Itneg
 * Itneg (a dialect cluster)
 * Kalinga (a dialect cluster)
 * Nuclear Cordilleran
 * Ifugao
 * Balangao
 * Bontok–Kankanay
 * Bontok–Finallig
 * Kankanaey

Reid (1991) 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 (2005).

Reconstruction
Proto-Central Cordilleran has been reconstructed by Reid (1974; 2006).

Phonology
Proto-Central Cordilleran can be reconstructed with phonemic stress.

Vocabulary
The comparison table (taken from Reid (1974) illustrates the correspondences between the Central Cordilleran languages, including inherited vocabulary as well as Central Cordilleran innovations.