Wiktionary:About Kankanaey

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This page covers special considerations for Kankanaey entries and Kankanaey translations of English entries.

Orthography

Kankanaey lemmas should generally use Ilocano-based spellings, and by extension Tagalog. The latest orthography of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) on Kankanaey, titled Ortograpia di Kankanaëy, is available here.

Spellings using the older Spanish-based orthography (usually loanwords from Ilocano) are allowed, but should generally serve as soft redirects to modern forms.

Lemmas

In general, lemmas for Kankanaey are generally the same as in Ilocano. Some considerations:

  • Nouns: both bare roots or stems, and derived affixed or compound forms
  • Verbs: affixed infinitive
  • Adjectives: both bare roots and affixed forms derived from noun root

Reference works

Main article: Appendix:Kankanaey bibliography

Etymologies

Place names

Most place names of Kankanaey origin have etymologies that are legends or myths. These are stories that are passed through generations, just like the language and the Kankanaey culture itself.

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