Kankanai, or Kankanaey, is a dialect widely used by Cordillerans particularly people from the Mountain Province and several from the Benguet province. The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) of the Philippines consists of six provinces, namely: Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province and Apayao. ... Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. ... Benguet is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. ...
The Kankanay have their own language called Mangkayan which is related to the languages of the Ifugao and the Bontoc, two groups with which the Kankanay share geographical borders.
What the Kankanay do have are the sudsud, short tales which are recounted in gatherings of adults, or when they are working in the fields during harvest time, doing work at home or around the house yard, or even when just relaxing in their leisure time.
Aside from the day-eng which contain Kankanay fables and legends, there are day-eng sung at any time, which consist of dialogues between men and women, as well as day-eng cradle songs sung by Kankanay mothers as they put their babies to sleep.
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