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VBK ISO 639-3

Bontok, Southwestern

A language of Philippines

ISO 639
vbk
Alternate Names
Bontoc
Population
2,470 (2007 census).
Location:
Cordillera Administrative Region: Mountain province, Bontoc municipality, Alab, Balili, Gonogon and villages in Chico river valley, southwest of Bontoc municipal capital.
Language Status
8a (Moribund).
Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Luzon, Meso-Cordilleran, South-Central Cordilleran, Central Cordilleran, North Central Cordilleran, Nuclear Cordilleran, Bontok-Kankanay, Bontok
Dialects
Ina-ab, Binalili, Ginonogon. Reportedly similar to Central Bontok [lbk], Northern Bontok [rbk], Southern Bontok [obk], and Eastern Bontok [ebk]. A member of macrolanguage Bontok [bnc].
Language Use
Home. Older adults only. Shifted to Ilocano [ilo]. Many also use Central Bontok [lbk]. Many also use Kankanaey [kne].
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bontok, Southwestern
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments
Various municipality residents do not identify their language as Bontok. They identify with their community dialect, and label it distinctively: Alab (Ina-ab), Balili (Binalili), Gonogon (Ginonogon); however, they maintain a sense of community with other Southwestern Bontok speakers based on perceived phonological and other linguistic differences from Central Bontok [lbk].

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Location: Cordillera Administrative Region: Mountain province, Bontoc municipality, Alab, Balili, Gonogon and villages in Chico river valley, southwest of Bontoc municipal capital.