Bontoc language

Bontoc
Bontoc
Finallig
Native to	Philippines
Region	Mountain Province
Native speakers	41,000 (2007 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Central Cordilleran Nuclear Cordilleran Bontok–Kankanay Bontoc; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bnc – inclusive code; Individual codes:; lbk – Central Bontok; ebk – Eastern Bontok; rbk – Northern Bontok; obk – Southern Bontok; vbk – Southwestern Bontok
Glottolog	bont1247
	Area where Bontoc is spoken according to Ethnologue

Bontoc (Bontok) /bɒnˈtɒk/^[2] (also called Finallig) is the native language of the indigenous Bontoc people of the Mountain Province, in the northern part of the Philippines.

Dialects

Ethnologue reports the following locations for each of the five Bontok languages. Speaker populations from the 2007 census, as quoted in Ethnologue.

Central Bontok: spoken in Bontoc municipality, Mountain Province (in Bontoc ili, Caluttit, Dalican, Guina-ang, Ma-init, Maligcong, Samoki, and Tocucan villages). 19,600 speakers. Dialects are Khinina-ang, Finontok, Sinamoki, Jinallik, Minaligkhong and Tinokukan. ^[3]
Barlig municipality, eastern Mountain Province (in Barlig, Kadaklan, and Lias villages). 6,170 speakers. Dialects are Finallig, Kinajakran (Kenachakran) and Liniyas. ^[4]

Kalinga Province

. 9,700 speakers.

Southern Bontok: spoken to the south of Bontoc municipality in Talubin, Bayyo, and Can-eo towns. 2,760 speakers. Dialects are Tinoveng and Kanan-ew. ^[5]
Southwestern Bontok: spoken in Bontoc municipality, Mountain Province (in Alab, Balili, Gonogon, and villages in the Chico River valley, southwest of the municipal capital Bontoc, along Halsema Highway). 2,470 speakers. Dialects are Ina-ab, Binalili and Ginonogon. ^[6]

Phonology

Consonant phonemes^[7]
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Plosive	p b	d		k ɡ	ʔ
Fricative		s
Rhotic		ɺ
Approximant			j

The
l] and [ɻ] word-initially, and with [ɻ
] elsewhere. These /r/ sounds are even applied to loanwords from Ilokano and Tagalog, and Spanish loanwords from the 2 languages.

The plosives /
t̪] (representing an interdental consonant), [kʰ], [f], and [t͡s] as their syllable-initial allophones.^[7]

The voiced stop /

geminate

cluster. They are in free variation.

The approximant /j/ has one allophone: [ɥ]. [ɥ] occurs after /o/.^[7]

Vowel phonemes^[7]
	Front	Back
High	i
Mid	e	o
Close	a

/

centralized [e̞] when in a syllable whose coda is /k/.^[7] When in the nucleus, /a/ and /o/ are slightly raised and /i/ is lowered. ^[7]

There are two degrees of stress in Bontoc: primary and secondary. Primary stress is phonemic and secondary stress is predictable. Both types are right-oriented and occur on one of the last three syllables. Stress's effects include higher pitch, louder volume, and lengthening of the syllable nucleus, though these are all subject to certain rules pertaining to word prosody. ^[7]

Example text

The Lord's Prayer

Ama id chaya machad-ayaw nan ngachanmo.
Omali nan en-ap-apowam.
Maangnen nan nemnemmo isnan lofong ay kag id chaya.
Ichowam nan kanenmi isnan kawakawakas.
Pakawanem nan fasolmi,
tay pinakawanmi akhes nan finmasol ken chakami.
Ad-im ogkhayen chakami isnan maawisanmi ay enfasol,
mod-i ket isas alakam chakami isnan ngaag.

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

—Nan Kalin Apo Dios. International Bible Society. 1992.

References

^ Bontoc at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Central Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Eastern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Northern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Southern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Southwestern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Bauer, Laurie (2007). The Linguistics Student's Handbook. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
^ Ethnologue, Central Bontok (subscription required)
^ Ethnologue, Eastern Bontok (subscription required)
^ Ethnologue, Southern Bontok (subscription required)
^ Ethnologue, Southwestern Bontok (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Reid, Lawrence A. (1963). "The Phonology of Central Bontoc". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 72 (1): 21–26.

External links

Talking Dictionary of Khinina-ang Bontok - online Bontoc Dictionary based on the speech community of Guina-ang, compiled by Lawrence A. Reid

[e18-1] Bontoc at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Central Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Eastern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Northern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Southern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Southwestern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Bauer, Laurie (2007). The Linguistics Student's Handbook. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

[3] Ethnologue, Central Bontok (subscription required)

[4] Ethnologue, Eastern Bontok (subscription required)

[5] Ethnologue, Southern Bontok (subscription required)

[6] Ethnologue, Southwestern Bontok (subscription required)

[reidphonology-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Reid, Lawrence A. (1963). "The Phonology of Central Bontoc". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 72 (1): 21–26.

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