Malaweg language

{{Short description|Language of northern Philippines}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Malaweg

|states=Philippines

|region=Luzon

|speakers=14,500

|date=1990 census

|ref={{e18|itv|Itawit}}

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Philippine

|fam4=Northern Luzon

|fam5=Cagayan Valley

|fam6=Itawis

|iso3=none

|glotto=mala1534

|glottorefname=Malaweg

}}

Malaweg (Malaueg) is spoken by the Malaweg people in the northern part of the Philippines. Ethnologue lists it as a dialect of the Itawis language.Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices

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".{{cn|date=March 2016}}