Bontok, Southwestern

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ISO 639-3
vbk
Alternate Names
Bontoc
Population

2,470 (2007 census).

Location

Luzon, Mountain Province, Bontoc municipality, Alab, Balili, Gonogon and villages in Chico river valley, southwest of municipal capital Bontoc, along Halsema Highway.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Northern Luzon, Meso-Cordilleran, South-Central Cordilleran, Central Cordilleran, North Central Cordilleran, Nuclear Cordilleran, Bontok-Kankanay, Bontok
Dialects

Similar to Central Bontok [lbk], Northern Bontok [rbk], Southern Bontok [obk], and Eastern Bontok [ebk].

Language Use

Home. Mostly older speakers. Also use Ilocano [ilo], Central Bontok [lbk] and Kankanaey [kne].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bontok, Southwestern
Other Comments

Various municipality residents do not identify their language as Bontok. They identify with their community dialect, and label it distinctively: Alab (Ina-ab), Balili (Binalili), Gonogon (Ginonogon); however, they maintain a sense of community with other Southwestern Bontok speakers based on perceived phonological and other linguistic differences from Central Bontok [lbk].