The four dialects in Itbayat

Source
1985.12.27 Mayan,Itbayat, Batanes. Erlinda Antas Garcia (linda). b.1953.11.18

English Translation
This is the story the late Insio told me.

During the early period they were still dubious to speak to each other. If they got some ideas or such an emotion that some of the people or the speakers didn't like to be known to others, they would express it in such terms as were intended to be understood by only a chosen few, beyond the understanding of the most people, that is, confidentially, private.

Specially when the people of Dichbayat were still scattered in mountains, they were likely to fight each other. So accordingly when the people of one mountain wanted to attack those on the other, they used their own terms which the people on the other mountain didn't understand.

That's why there is a little diffrence in the dialects of the four districts of Dichbayat.

The end.

Orignal
no istooria na riaken nimna insio (Florencio Antas).

angkakoohay do timpo no kaxesaxes da pa a mamchih do ka'doan dira, an mian o ichahakey da a paonoonongen ah ichahakey da a ja intindi no ka'doan a vichen da a kayvan, am nawi o ka'abnek da awi sia o ichahakey da awi a paonoonongen do matarek a voko no chirin a sira o papere'e o maka'intindi sia. ah intiiro a ja intindi no kahaaroan a tawo, ah intiiro a ja parin a ma'panmo no ka'doan.

kanana'tonan do ka hopit da pa no tawotawo do katokotokonan, am od sa a mahakey a milalaaban anmana mi'aarap. ah do ka hopit da pa am mian o chirin da a tanihan da no michaapenged do tokotokon a ja intindi no mian do matarek a tokon.

nawi o iyan pa no alekey a ichataatarek no chirin no a'pat a ka distriito do dichbayat.

tawasan na.