Balangao or Balangaw (also called Balangao Bontoc) is an Austronesian language spoken in northern

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. It is spoken in the central area of

Mountain Province Mountain Province (; ; ; ; ; ) is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc while Bauko is the largest municipality. Mountain Province was formerly referred to as Mountain ...

, and into Tanudan municipality of Kalinga Province.

Phonology

Balangao has the following phoneme inventory: The central vowels /a/ and /ɨ/ each have a lowered and a raised allophone, viz. ~ for /a/, and ~ for /ɨ/. The voiced stops /b/, /d/ and /g/ have voiceless allophones , , in syllable position.

References

Languages of Mountain Province South–Central Cordilleran languages {{philippine-lang-stub