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Bontoc, Central

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: bnc

Population	540,000 (2007 SIL). 10,000 monolinguals.
Region	Luzon, central Mountain Province.
Language map	Northern Philippines, reference number 62
Alternate names	Bontoc, Bontoc Igorot
Dialects	Sadanga, Guinaang, Bontoc. Intelligibility with Ilocano [ilo] 58%, Finallig [bkb] 56%.
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, English, or Filipino [fil].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 35%. Literacy rate in L2: 35%. NT: 1992.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Benn, Kathleen. 1998. "Central Bontoc social organization."

Benn, Keith L. 1979. "Hortatory discourse in Central Bontoc with a justification theme."  

Benn, Keith L. and Felix Khensay. 1998. "Traditional songs of the Bontoc."

Benn, Keith. 1982. "The logical semantic and schematic structures of a Bontoc exhortation."

Benn, Keith. 1987. Discourse approaches to cohesion: a study of the structure and unity of a Central Bontok expository text.

Benn, Keith. 1991. Discourse approaches to cohesion: a study of the structure and unity of a Central Bontoc expository text.

Lee, Byung-Hoon. 2006. "A study of participant reference in Central Bontok."  

Lee, Byung-Hoon. 2007. Translation of hortatory discourse into Central Bontok: a case study of Amos 5:1-17.

Lee, Byung-Hoon. 2008. "A study of participant reference in Central Bontok."

Lieffers, Jean, editor; Austina McFarland and Mafe Quimba, compilers. 2003. Twelve stories for twelve stamps & words of wisdom : a cultural anthology of traditional literature from the Philippines.

Litteral, Shirley. 1976. Review of: Bontok-English dictionary, by Lawrence A. Reid, compiler.

Macabuhay, Perry and Hella E. Goschnick. 1979. "A Central Bontoc procedural discourse (activity type)."  

Reid, L. A. 1974. "The central cordilleran subgroup of Philippine languages."

Reid, Lawrence A. 1961. "A Guinaang wedding ceremony."

Reid, Lawrence A. 1961. "Dancing and music."

Reid, Lawrence A. 1963. "Phonology of Central Bontoc."

Reid, Lawrence A. 1964. "A matrix analysis of Bontoc case-marking particles."

Reid, Lawrence A. 1965. A formal analysis of the clause structure of Central Bontoc.

Reid, Lawrence A. 1970. Central Bontoc: Sentence, paragraph and discourse.  

Reid, Lawrence A., compiler. 1976. Bontok-English dictionary.

Troyer, Madeline. 1966. "Observations on morphophonemics."

Walrod, Michael. 2006. "The marker is the message: the influence of discourse markers and particles on textual meaning."  

Young, Catherine M. B. 2001. "The development of indigenized curricula."

Vernacular Publications

Enpalisowen tako nan kali sa takoʼt enfasa. 1989.

Inpalisowen tako nan kali isnan minsoksoktan tako isnan solat 1, 2. 1978.

Maikas-a / Maikadwa / Maikatlo ay liblo. 1968.

Menbasa tako / Enfasa tako (Let’s read). 1988.

Menbasa tako / Enfasa tako (Teacher’s manual). 1989.

Mola ay mabfalin ay maosar is akhas. 1995.

Nan alitos nan lafaan. 1986.

Nan am-ama ay nangasawa isnan talaw. 1986.

Nan chamon si tilin. 1986.

Nan khotok nan enngengengelan nan komaw iska koweng. 1986.

Nan komedselan si takho, maikadwa ay grado. 1991.

Nan komedselan si takho, maikadwa ay grado. 1992.

Nan komedselan si takho, maikalma ay grado. 1993.

Nan komedselan si takho, maikalma ay grado. 1993.

Nan komedselan si takho, maikan-em ay grado. 1993.

Nan komedselan si takho, maikan-em ay grado. 1993.

Nan komedselan si takho, maikap-at ay grado. 1992.

Nan komedselan si takho, maikap-at ay grado. 1993.

Nan komedselan si takho, maikas-a ay grado. 1991.

Nan komedselan si takho, maikas-a ay grado. 1992.

Nan komedselan si takho, maikatlo ay grado. 1992.

Nan liblok ay macoloran. 1985.

Nan nenfaatan nan esaʼy mamati id Chaya (Pilgrim’s progress). 1993.

Nan og-okhod cha Ap-apatto ken Changchangtayan. 1986.

Nan og-okhod mipoon ken Choliyaw. 1978.

Nan timpon si Hapon. 1978.

Natkenatken ay kali (Different languages). 1978.

Og-ocod ad sangad-om ya adwani. 1975.

Og-okhod 1-3. 1978.

Pepe. 1955.

Pepe. 1978.