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Kalinga, Butbut

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: kyb

Population  8,000 (1998).
Region  Luzon, Butbut, Tinglayan, Kalinga Province.
Language map  Northern Philippines, reference number 63
Alternate names   Butbut
Dialects  72% intelligibility with Limos Kalinga [kmk]; 44% with Ilocano [ilo]; 70% with Guinaang [knb], 47% with Tanudan [kml], 74% with Bangad (Southern) Kalinga [ksc]. Lexical similarity: 82% with Southern Kalinga, 78% with Guinaang and Tanudan.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Northern Luzon, Meso-Cordilleran, South-Central Cordilleran, Central Cordilleran, North Central Cordilleran, Kalinga-Itneg, Kalinga
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MIELKE, Jeff; OLSON, Kenneth S.; PATERSON, Hugh J. III; PEBLEY, Carol Jean; SANICAS-DAGUMAN, Josephine, authors. 2010. "The phonetic status of the (inter)dental approximant."  Available online

REID, Lawrence A., author. 1974. "The central cordilleran subgroup of Philippine languages."