Malaweg

Malaweg map
  • AKA: Malaueg, Malweg, Malagueg
  • Location: N Luzon
  • Languages: Dialect of Itawit
  • Subsistence: Lowland rice and corn; tobacco as a cash crop
  • Population: 14,591 (1990)

The Malaweg live in sections of Cagayan and Kalinga-Apayao provinces and in the town of Rizal. Culturally, they are similar to the Ibanag and Itawit groups that live nearby in the Cagayan Valley. Linguistically they resemble the Itawit.