Bugkalot language

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Not to be confused with the Ilongo language, also of the Philippines.
Bugkalot
RegionEastern Nueva Vizcaya and Western Quirino, Philippines
EthnicityBugkalot
Native speakers
(51,000 cited 1990 census)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3ilk
Glottologilon1239
Ilongot language map.png
Area where Bugkalot is spoken[1]

Bugkalot (also Ilongot) is a language of the indigenous Bugkalot people of northern Luzon, Philippines.

Distribution[]

Ethnologue lists the following provinces in which Ilongot is spoken.

  • Most of Quirino Province north of the Cagayan River
  • Eastern Nueva Vizcaya Province
  • Southern Isabela Province (upper reaches of the Cagayan River)

Dialects[]

Ethnologue lists the following dialects.

  • Abaka (Abaca)
  • Egongot
  • Ibalao (Ibilao)
  • Italon
  • Iyongut

Alternate names include Bugkalut, Bukalot, and Lingotes.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bugkalot at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)


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