Balangao language

Balangao
Balangaw
Native toPhilippines
RegionLuzon
EthnicityBalangao people
Native speakers
(21,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3blw
Glottologbala1310
Area where Balangao is spoken according to Ethnologue

Balangao or Balangaw [2] is an Austronesian language[3] spoken in northern Luzon, Philippines. Balangaw is spoken throughout the municipality of Natonin, with the exception of the barangays of Maducayan and Saliok (where Majukayong Kalinga is spoken) and Barangay Banao (predominantly Kachakran-speaking). It is also spoken in parts of the neighboring municipality of Paracelis by Balangao settlers.[4]

Phonology

Balangao has the following phoneme inventory:[5]

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. ^ Reid, Lawrence A. (1974). "The Central Cordilleran Subgroup of Philippine Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 13 (1/2). University of Hawai'i Press: 511–560. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  3. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Balangao". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. ^ Shetler, Joanne (1976). Notes on Balangao grammar. Language Data: Asian-Pacific Series No. 9. Huntington Beach: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  5. ^ Shetler, Joanne (1976). Notes on Balangao grammar. Language Data: Asian-Pacific Series No. 9. Huntington Beach: Summer Institute of Linguistics.


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