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kankanaey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kankanaey
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A South-Central Cordilleran language spoken primarily by the Kankanaey people.

noun

A member of an indigenous people of the northern Philippines, part of the Igorot people.

adj

pertaining to the Kankanaey people or the Kankanaey language

Etymology

Borrowed from Kankanaey Kankanaey.

Inflected Forms

Kankanay (alternative) Kankana-ey (alternative) Kankanaeys (plural)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Kankanaey terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Kankanaey terms

Questions

What does kankanaey mean?
A South-Central Cordilleran language spoken primarily by the Kankanaey people.
Where does kankanaey come from?
Borrowed from Kankanaey Kankanaey.

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