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Balangao or Balangaw (also called Balangao Bontoc) is an Austronesian language spoken in northern Luzon, Philippines. It is spoken in the central area of Mountain Province, and into Tanudan municipality of Kalinga Province.

Balangao
Balangaw, Balangao Bontoc
Native toPhilippines
RegionLuzon
EthnicityBalangao people
Native speakers
21,000 (2000)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Philippine
      • Northern Luzon
        • Meso-Cordilleran
          • Central Cordilleran
            • Nuclear Cordilleran
              • Balangao
Language codes
ISO 639-3blw
Glottologbala1310
Area where Balangao is spoken according to Ethnologue

Phonology


Balangao has the following phoneme inventory:[2]

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e o
Open a

The central vowels /a/ and /ɨ/ each have a lowered and a raised allophone, viz. [a]~[ə] for /a/, and [ə]~[ɨ] for /ɨ/.

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative s h
Approximant l j w

The voiced stops /b/, /d/ and /g/ have voiceless allophones [f], [t͡ʃ], [kʰ] in syllable position.


References


  1. Balangao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Shetler, Joanne (1976). Notes on Balangao grammar. Language Data: Asian-Pacific Series No. 9. Huntington Beach: Summer Institute of Linguistics.





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