Balangao_language

Balangao language

Balangao language

Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines

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

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

Phonology

Balangao has the following phoneme inventory:[2]

More information Front, Central ...

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

More information Bilabial, Alveolar ...

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

References

  1. [1]
    Balangao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Shetler, Joanne (1976). Notes on Balangao grammar. Language Data: Asian-Pacific Series No. 9. Huntington Beach: Summer Institute of Linguistics.


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