Paranan, also called Palanan, is a Philippine language belonging to the Northern Luzon languages. It is spoken in the northeastern coastal areas of Isabela, Philippines.

Paranan
Palanan
Native toPhilippines
RegionIsabela, Luzon
Native speakers
15,000 (2009)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3prf
Glottologpara1306

Lexically but not grammatically, it is extremely close to Pahanan Agta as groups of both languages were together isolated from other communities and remained in constant interaction.[2] The ISO 639-3 code is now prf; it had been agp which included Pahanan Agta.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Paranan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority. Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3" (PDF). sil.org. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Paranan". Language Tags. Retrieved 24 September 2024.