Eastern Bontok language

{{Short description|Bontok language of the Philippines}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Eastern Bontok

| nativename = Eastern Bontoc

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

| fam3 = Northern Luzon

| fam4 = Meso-Cordilleran

| fam5 = South-Central Cordilleran

| fam6 = North Central Cordilleran

| fam7 = Nuclear Cordilleran

| fam8 = Bontok-Kankanay

| fam9 = Bontok

| speakers = {{sigfig|6,170|2}}

| date = 2007 census

| ref = e25

| iso3 = ebk

| glotto = east2881

}}

Eastern Bontok (Eastern Bontoc) is a language of the Bontok group spoken in the Philippines. The 2007 census claimed there were around {{sigfig|6,170|2}} speakers.

Distribution

According to Ethnologue, Eastern Bontok is spoken in the following areas: Cordillera Administrative Region: East mountain province: Barlig Municipality: Barlig, Kadaklan, and Lias villages.

Dialects

Ethnologue reports 3 dialects for Eastern Bontok: Finallig, Kinajakran (Kenachakran) and Liniyas.

Similarities

The language was reported to be similar with 4 other Bontok languages: Northern Bontok, Southwestern Bontok and Southern Bontok.

See also

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