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Balangao language

Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines

Balangao
Balangaw, Balangao Bontoc
Native to	Philippines
Region	Luzon
Ethnicity	Balangao people
Native speakers	21,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Central Cordilleran Nuclear Cordilleran Balangao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	blw
Glottolog	bala1310
Area where Balangao is spoken according to Ethnologue

BalangaoorBalangaw (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.

Phonology[edit]

Balangao has the following phoneme inventory:^[2]

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

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

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