Eastern Bontok (Eastern Bontoc) is a language of the
Bontok group spoken in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. The 2007 census claimed there were around speakers.
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Distribution
According to ''Ethnologue
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'', Eastern Bontok is spoken in the following areas: Cordillera Administrative Region
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; ilo, Rehion/Deppaar Administratibo ti Kordiliera; fil, Rehiyong Pampangasiwaan ng Cordillera), also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera (), is an administrative region in the Philippines, ...
: East mountain province: Barlig Municipality: Barlig, Kadaklan, and Lias villages.[
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Dialects
''Ethnologue'' reports 3 dialects for Eastern Bontok: Finallig, Kinajakran (Kenachakran) and Liniyas.[
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Similarities
The language was reported to be similar with 4 other Bontok languages: Northern Bontok, Southwestern Bontok and Southern Bontok.[
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See also
* Cordillera Administrative Region
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; ilo, Rehion/Deppaar Administratibo ti Kordiliera; fil, Rehiyong Pampangasiwaan ng Cordillera), also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera (), is an administrative region in the Philippines, ...
* Bontoc language
Bontoc (Bontok) (also called Finallig) is the native language of the indigenous Bontoc people of the Mountain Province, in the northern part of the Philippines.
Dialects
''Ethnologue'' reports the following locations for each of the five Bontok ...
* Bontoc people
References
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Languages of Mountain Province
South–Central Cordilleran languages