Malaweg language

Malaweg (Malaueg) is an Austronesian language^[2] spoken by the Malaweg people in the northern part of the Philippines. Ethnologue lists it as a dialect of the Itawis language.^[3] Malaweg is mostly spoken in the Northern Cordillera Mountain Range region and some in the Province of Cagayan, with the majority in the town of Rizal. Ninety-eight percent of the people living in Rizal are Malaweg-speaking, and the town is known as "The Premier Town of the Malaweg".^{[citation needed]}

Malaweg
Native to	Philippines
Region	Luzon
Native speakers	(14,500 cited 1990 census)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Cagayan Valley Itawis Malaweg
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	mala1534

Origin

From Fr. Jose Bugarin's Ibanag Dictionary "Ueg [modern: uweg], river estuary. Pl. ueueg [uweweg] = Malaueg: a town in this province, in the district of Itaves (Itawis, now Chico River)"

The Malaueg Church in Rizal, Cagayan