Balangao language

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Balangao
Balangaw, Balangao Bontoc
Native to Philippines
Region Luzon
Ethnicity Balangao people
Native speakers
(21,000 cited 2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 blw
Glottolog bala1310
Balangao language map.png
Area where Balangao is spoken according to Ethnologue

Balangao or Balangaw (also called Balangao Bontoc) is an Austronesian language [2] spoken in northern Luzon, Philippines. It is spoken in the central area of Mountain Province, and into Tanudan municipality of Kalinga Province.

Phonology

Balangao has the following phoneme inventory: [3]

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e o
Open a

The central vowels /a/ and /ɨ/ each have a lowered and a raised allophone, viz. [ a ]~[ ə ] for /a/, and [ ə ]~[ ɨ ] for /ɨ/.

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative s h
Approximant l j w

The voiced stops /b/, /d/ and /g/ have voiceless allophones [ f ], [ t͡ʃ ], [ kʰ ] in syllable position.

References

  1. ↑ Balangao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Balangao". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Shetler, Joanne (1976). Notes on Balangao grammar. Language Data: Asian-Pacific Series No. 9. Huntington Beach: Summer Institute of Linguistics.


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