Itbayat language

Itbayatèn
Ichbayaten
Ichbayaten
Native toPhilippines
RegionItbayat Island
EthnicityIvatan people
Native speakers
(3,500 cited 1996 census)
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologitba1237
Itbayat and the other Batanic languages

The Itbayat language or Itbayaten (also known locally by elders as Ichbayaten) is an Austronesian language, in the Batanic group. It is spoken primarily in Itbayat, a municipality in Batanes, Philippines.