Talk:Cagayan

Cagay-an

@Yivan000 Is it really penultimate? Do you also have a video that can provide more about Cordilleran pronunciation of Cagayan? and is it used in Tagalog sentences? Thanks. 𝄽 ysrael214 (talk) 14:11, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

When I hear Mountain Province natives (specifically the Kankanaey people) talking about Cagayan, they add a glottal stop to it (CagayɁan). I even asked one of them why they pronounced it that way and they didn't know, it's just innate.

However, I am sorry but I do not have video evidence of this. — 🍕 Yivan000 ^view_talk 14:29, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

@Yivan000 One is it Cagáy-an or Cagay-án, Two, is it better to have the pronunciation linked to Kankanaey instead of Tagalog? 𝄽 ysrael214 (talk) 14:33, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

And by Cordilleran dialect, how much of Cordillera do speak this, at least an estimate? Besides Mountain Province? 𝄽 ysrael214 (talk) 14:36, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

It's Cagay-án. Maybe it's better to do both, but emphasize that this alternate pronunciation is only localized.

I have only been in contact with Mountain Province people, so I do not know. (excluding Baguio due to the influx of non-natives) — 🍕 Yivan000 ^view_talk 14:43, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Pardon me from my intrusion, but I would like to add that this is not restricted to Mountain Province. My grandmother, an Ilocano native here in Adams, Ilocos Norte, also pronounce it as "Cagay-án". I also have Ilocano and Tinguian relatives in Abra who also do the same. Amianero (talk) 12:14, 13 June 2024 (UTC)