Southern Cordilleran languages

The Southern Cordilleran languages are a group of closely related languages within the Northern Luzon subgroup of the Austronesian language family. They are spoken in an area stretching from the southern shore of Lingayen Gulf to the highlands of Quirino province. The most widely spoken Southern Cordilleran language is Pangasinan, one of the eight major languages of the Philippines.

Internal classification
The subgroup was first proposed by Zorc (1979). Himes (1998) classifies the Southern Cordilleran languages as follows:


 * Southern Cordilleran
 * Ilongot
 * West Southern Cordilleran
 * Pangasinan
 * Nuclear Southern Cordilleran
 * Ibaloi (including Iwak)
 * Karao
 * Kalanguya

Reconstruction
Proto-Southern Cordilleran has been reconstructed by Himes (1998).

Vocabulary
The comparison table (taken from Himes (1998) and Zorc (1979) ) illustrates the correspondences between the Southern Cordilleran languages, including inherited vocabulary as well as Southern Cordilleran innovations.