Bontok language

E528226

The Bontok language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bontok people of the Mountain Province in the northern Philippines, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct dialects.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Bontok language canonical 4
Eastern Bontok 2
Bontok Igorot language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Ifugao languages ⓘ
Kalinga language ⓘ
Kankanaey language ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bontok people ⓘ
hasAlignmentType Austronesian alignment ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bontoc language ⓘ
Bontok Igorot language ⓘ
linked to: Bontok language
hasDialect Central Bontok ⓘ
Eastern Bontok ⓘ
linked to: Bontok language

Northern Bontok ⓘ
Southern Bontok ⓘ
Southwestern Bontok ⓘ
linked to: Southern Bontok
hasGlottocode bont1248 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Central Bontok ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature focus-based voice system ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
use of affixation for grammatical relations ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (in some dialects) ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasRichOralTradition true ⓘ
hasWordOrder VOS ⓘ
VSO ⓘ
verb–initial ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
ISO639-3Code bnc ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageGroup Bontok-Kankanay languages ⓘ
Northern Luzon languages ⓘ
South-Central Cordilleran languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
primaryArea Mountain Province ⓘ
region Cordillera Administrative Region ⓘ
Northern Luzon ⓘ
spokenBy Bontok people ⓘ
spokenIn Mountain Province ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to English ⓘ
language shift to Filipino ⓘ
language shift to Ilocano ⓘ
usedIn folksongs ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kalinga language → closelyRelatedTo → Bontok language ⓘ
Cordilleran languages → includesLanguage → Bontok language ⓘ
Balangao language → hasNeighboringLanguage → Bontok language ⓘ
Bontoc → hasDialect → Eastern Bontok ⓘ
linked to: Bontok language
Bontoc → hasDialect → Southern Bontok ⓘ
linked to: Bontok language
Bontoc → hasDialect → Southwestern Bontok ⓘ
linked to: Bontok language
Bontok language → hasDialect → Eastern Bontok ⓘ
linked to: Bontok language
Bontok language → hasAlternativeName → Bontok Igorot language ⓘ
linked to: Bontok language
Balangao Bontok → closelyRelatedTo → Bontok language ⓘ