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Bontoc language information


Bontoc
Finallig
Native toPhilippines
RegionMountain Province
Native speakers
41,000 (2007 census)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Philippine
      • Northern Luzon
        • Meso-Cordilleran
          • Central Cordilleran
            • Nuclear Cordilleran
              • Bontok–Kankanay
                • Bontoc
Language codes
ISO 639-3bnc – inclusive code
Individual codes:
lbk – Central Bontok
ebk – Eastern Bontok
rbk – Northern Bontok
obk – Southern Bontok
vbk – Southwestern Bontok
Glottologbont1247
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.

  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.

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