Bugkalot (also Ilongot) is a language of the
indigenous Bugkalot people of northern
Luzon
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Distribution
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Ethnologue
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'' lists the following provinces in which Ilongot is spoken.
*Most of
Quirino Province north of the
Cagayan River
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*Eastern
Nueva Vizcaya Province
*Southern
Isabela Province (upper reaches of the
Cagayan River
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*Northwest Aurora
Dialects
''Ethnologue'' lists the following dialects.
*Abaka (Abaca)
*Egongot
*Ibalao (Ibilao)
*Italon
*Iyongut
Alternate names include Bugkalut, Bukalot, and Lingotes.
References
Languages of Quirino
Languages of Isabela (province)
Languages of Nueva Vizcaya
South–Central Cordilleran languages
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