Филиппиннің солтүстік Лусон тілі: Бонток

Northern Luzon language spoken in the Philippines

Bontoc (Bontok) /b//ɒ//n/'/t//ɒ//k/ (also called Finallig) is the native language of the indigenous Bontoc people of the Mountain Province, in the northern part of the Philippines.

Ethnologue reports the following locations for each of the five Bontok languages. Speaker populations from the 2007 census, as quoted in Ethnologue. Central Bontok: spoken in Bontoc municipality, Mountain Province (in Bontoc ili, Caluttit, Dalican, Guina ang, Ma init, Maligcong, Samoki, and Tocucan villages). 19,600 speakers. Dialects are Khinina ang, Finontok, Sinamoki, Jinallik, Minaligkhong and Tinokukan. Eastern Bontok: spoken in Barlig municipality, eastern Mountain Province (in Barlig, Kadaklan, and Lias villages). 6,170 speakers. Dialects are Finallig, Kinajakran (Kenachakran) and Liniyas. North Bontok: spoken in Sadanga municipality, northern Mountain Province (in Anabel, Bekigan, Belwang, Betwagan, Demang, Sacasacan, Saclit, and the municipal center of Sadanga Poblacion). There are also some speakers in southern Kalinga Province. 9,700 speakers. Southern Bontok: spoken to the south of Bontoc municipality in Talubin, Bayyo, and Can eo towns. 2,760 speakers. Dialects are Tinoveng and Kanan ew. Southwestern Bontok: spoken in Bontoc municipality, Mountain Province (in Alab, Balili, Gonogon, and villages in the Chico River valley, southwest of the municipal capital Bontoc, along Halsema Highway). 2,470 speakers. Dialects are Ina ab, Binalili and Ginonogon.