Central Bontok language
| Central Bontok | |
|---|---|
| Central Bontoc | |
| Bontoc, Bontoc Igorot, Kali | |
| Native to | Malayo-Polynesian
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lbk |
| Glottolog | cent2292 |
Central Bontok (or Kali) is a language of the Bontoc group from the Philippines. The 2007 census claimed there were 19,600 speakers.[1]
Distribution
Ethnologue reports the following locations for Central Bontok:
Cordillera Administrative Region: Mountain Province: Bontoc municipality, Bontoc ili, Caluttit, Dalican, Guina-ang, Ma-init, Maligcong, Samoki, and Tocucan villages.
Dialects
Ethnologue reports 5 dialects for Central Bontok: Khinina-ang, Finontok, Sinamoki, Jinallik, Minaligkhong and Tinokukan.[1]
Similarities
Ethnologue reports that the language is similar to other
Phonology
Consonants
The Guinaang dialect of Central Bontok has the following inventory of consonant phonemes:[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive
|
plain voiceless | p | t
|
k | ʔ | |
| aspirated voiceless | kʰ | |||||
| voiced | b | d
|
ɡ | |||
Affricate
|
ts | |||||
Fricative
|
f | s | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n
|
ŋ | |||
Approximant
|
l
|
j | w | |||
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
Originally (as documented in the mid 20th century), the sounds pairs [b ~ f], [d ~ ts], [g ~ kʰ], [l ~ ɾ] were in complementary distribution and thus
References
- ^ a b c Central Bontok at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Lawrence A. Reid; Kikusawa Ritsuko. "Orthography". Talking Dictionary of Khinina-ang Bontok. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnography. Retrieved 8 Jun 2022.
See also
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