Bontoc language

Bontoc
Bontoc
Bontok
Native to	Philippines
Region	Mountain Province
Native speakers	41,000 (2007 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Central Cordilleran Nuclear Cordilleran Bontok–Kankanay Bontoc; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bnc – inclusive code; Individual codes:; lbk – Central Bontok; ebk – Eastern Bontok; rbk – Northern Bontok; obk – Southern Bontok; vbk – Southwestern Bontok
Glottolog	bont1247
	Area where Bontoc is spoken according to Ethnologue

Bontoc (Bontok) /bɒnˈtɒk/ is a macrolanguage native to the indigenous Bontoc people of the Mountain Province, in the northern part of the Philippines.

Specific languages

Ethnologue reports the following locations for each of the five Bontok languages. Speaker populations from the 2007 census, as quoted in Ethnologue.

Language	Location of speakers	Dialects	No. of speakers
Central Bontok (Filipino: Finontok)	Bontoc (Bontoc ili, Caluttit, Dalican, Guina-ang, Ma-init, Maligcong, Samoki, and Tocucan)	Khinina-ang Finontok Sinamoki Jinallik Minaligkhong Tinokukan	19,600
Eastern Bontok (Filipino: Finallig)	Barlig (Barlig, Kadaklan, Lias)	Finallig Kinajakran (Kenachakran) Liniyas	6,170
Northern Bontok (Filipino: Sinadanga)	Sadanga (Anabel, Bekigan, Belwang, Betwagan, Demang, Sacasacan, Saclit, and Sadanga Poblacion); Southern Kalinga		9,700
Southern Bontok	Bontoc (Talubin, Bayyo, and Can-eo)	Tinoveng Kanan-ew	2,760
Southwestern Bontok	Bontoc (Alab, Balili, Gonogon, and villages in the Chico River valley, southwest of the municipal capital Bontoc, along Halsema Highway)	Ina-ab Binalili Ginonogon	2,470

Phonology

Consonant phonemes
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Plosive	p b	t d		k ɡ	ʔ
Fricative		s
Rhotic		ɻ~ɺ
Approximant			j

The archiphoneme /r/ has [l], [ɻ], and [ɺ] as its allophones. The allophone [l] occurs word-initially, adjacent to /i/, as the second member of a consonant cluster consisting of a coronal consonant and /r/, and as the second member of any consonant cluster preceded by /i/. [ɻ] occurs in free variation with [l] word-initially, but otherwise occurs in complementary distribution with it. [ɺ] occurs in free variation with [l] and [ɻ] word-initially, and with [ɻ] elsewhere. These /r/ sounds are even applied to loanwords from Ilokano and Tagalog, and Spanish loanwords from the 2 languages.
The plosives /t/, /ɡ/, /b/, and /d/ have, respectively, [t̪] (representing an interdental consonant), [kʰ], [f], and [t͡s] as their syllable-initial allophones.
The voiced stop /b/ also has [b̪] and [v] as its allophones. Both of these allophones occur as the first member of a geminate cluster. They are in free variation.
The approximant /j/ has one allophone: [ɥ]. [ɥ] occurs after /o/.

Vowel phonemes
	Front	Back
High	i
Mid	e	o
Close	a

/e/ becomes a slightly centralized [e̞] when in a syllable whose coda is /k/. When in the nucleus, /a/ and /o/ are slightly raised and /i/ is lowered.

There are two degrees of stress in Bontoc: primary and secondary. Primary stress is phonemic and secondary stress is predictable. Both types are right-oriented and occur on one of the last three syllables. Stress's effects include higher pitch, louder volume, and lengthening of the syllable nucleus, though these are all subject to certain rules pertaining to word prosody.

Example text

The Lord's Prayer

Ama id chaya machad-ayaw nan ngachanmo.
Omali nan en-ap-apowam.
Maangnen nan nemnemmo isnan lofong ay kag id chaya.
Ichowam nan kanenmi isnan kawakawakas.
Pakawanem nan fasolmi,
tay pinakawanmi akhes nan finmasol ken chakami.
Ad-im ogkhayen chakami isnan maawisanmi ay enfasol,
mod-i ket isas alakam chakami isnan ngaag.

— Nan Kalin Apo Dios. International Bible Society. 1992.

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

References

↑ Bontoc at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Central Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Eastern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Northern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Southern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Southwestern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Bauer, Laurie (2007). The Linguistics Student's Handbook. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Bontok". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Ethnologue, Central Bontok (subscription required)
↑ Ethnologue, Eastern Bontok (subscription required)
↑ Ethnologue, Northern Bontok (subscription required)
↑ Ethnologue, Southern Bontok (subscription required)
↑ Ethnologue, Southwestern Bontok (subscription required)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Reid, Lawrence A. (1963). "The Phonology of Central Bontoc". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 72 (1): 21–26.

External links

Talking Dictionary of Khinina-ang Bontok - online Bontoc Dictionary based on the speech community of Guina-ang, compiled by Lawrence A. Reid

[e18-1] Bontoc at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Central Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Eastern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Northern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Southern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Southwestern Bontok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Bauer, Laurie (2007). The Linguistics Student's Handbook. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

[3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Bontok". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[4] Ethnologue, Central Bontok (subscription required)

[5] Ethnologue, Eastern Bontok (subscription required)

[6] Ethnologue, Northern Bontok (subscription required)

[7] Ethnologue, Southern Bontok (subscription required)

[8] Ethnologue, Southwestern Bontok (subscription required)

[reidphonology-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Reid, Lawrence A. (1963). "The Phonology of Central Bontoc". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 72 (1): 21–26.

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