Northern Kankanaey is spoken in western Mountain Province, southeastern Ilocos Sur, and southern Abra.

Word charts and definitions taken from Allen, Janet's Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis.

[10] Many Kankanaey affixes are normal prefixes that come directly before the root such as the ka- in katokdo, "seat-mate," from tokdo.

A lot of reduplicative affixation is used before the prefixation such as the CV- and na- in nabebeteng, 'was drunk', from beteng, 'drunk'.

However, some CVC reduplication is applied after the prefix is added to the beginning of the stem such as the ma- and CVC- in magmageyek, 'ticklish', from geyek, 'to tickle'.

If the root is one-syllable or if it is vowel reduced, then the reduplication is applied after the predicative affixation such as the ma- and CVC- in matmatey, 'dying', from tey, 'dead'.

[11] According to Allen, Janet's Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis, only "two predicating affixes are suffixes, -en and -an.

Kankanaey roots deeply rely on the combination with their affixes to determine their meaning in phrases and clauses.

The predicates that form are determined by the interaction of the affixation to the semantic properties of the root that are relevant in its context.

Aktionsart is a way to categorize event semantics, proposed by Vendler (1967), by if they are "happening" or are static, and it distinguishes them by their temporal properties and its dynamicity.

According to Allen, Janet's Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis, "VVLP (1997) and Van Valin (2005) expanded the list of categories to reflect resultant situations, adding semelfactives and complex predicates–active accomplishments and causatives.