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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Philippines > Finallig

Finallig

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3bkb
This ISO 639-3 code has been retired after the publication of Ethnologue, 16th edition. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population  5,000 (1998 SIL).
Region  Luzon, central Mountain Province.
Language map  Northern Philippines, reference number 20
Alternate names   Eastern Bontoc, Kadaklan-Barlig Bontoc, Southern Bontoc
Dialects  Lias, Barlig, Kadaklan. Intelligibility with Ilocano [ilo] 53%; Balangao [blw] 49%.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Northern Luzon, Meso-Cordilleran, South-Central Cordilleran, Central Cordilleran, North Central Cordilleran, Nuclear Cordilleran, Bontok-Kankanay, Bontok
Language use  Also use Ilocano [ilo].
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 67%. Literacy rate in L2: 67%. NT: 2004.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Traditional religion.