Balangao

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Balangao Bontoc, Balangaw, Farangao

Population

21,300 (2000), decreasing. No monolinguals.

Location

Northern Luzon, Mountain Province, central area; into Kalinga Province, Tanudan municipality.

Language Maps

Language Status

4 (Educational).

Classification

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng], Filipino [fil], Ilocano [ilo].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 42%. Literacy rate in L2: 42%. Teachers use Balangao to explain questions. Grammar. NT: 1982.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.