Ivatan

Language name and Autonym:

Ivatan, Batan, Batanes, Itbayat

Location:

Batanes Islands. Many relocated to Mindanao near Bukidnon, Lanao del Sur, and Cotabato; Manila, Luzon, Palawan, other countries

Family:

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian

Approximate Number of Speakers:

35,000 (1998 SIL)
3,448 Itbayatan (1996 census)

Status:

Stable