Central Bontok language
Central Bontok | |
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Central Bontoc | |
Bontoc, Bontoc Igorot, Kali | |
Native to | Philippines |
Region | Cordillera Administrative Region |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2007 census)[1] |
Language family | Malayo-Polynesian
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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 Bontoc languages, These languages are: North Bontok, Southwest Bontok, South Bontok, and East Bontok.
Phonology
Consonants
The Guinaang dialect of Central Bontok has the following inventory of consonant phonemes:[2]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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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 allophones of the phonemes /b/, /d/, /g/, and /l/, respectively (e.g. [ˈtsaɾa] for /ˈdala/ "blood"). With the introduction of loanwords from English, Ilokano and Tagalog, these contrasts have become phonemicized. The phoneme /h/ was also introduced in modern loanwords.
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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