Balangao language

Balangao or Balangaw (also called Balangao Bontoc) is an Austronesian language spoken in northern Luzon, Philippines. It is spoken in the central area of Mountain Province, and into Tanudan municipality of Kalinga Province.

Balangao
Balangaw, Balangao Bontoc
Native to	Philippines
Region	Luzon
Ethnicity	Balangao people
Native speakers	21,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Central Cordilleran Nuclear Cordilleran Balangao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	blw
Glottolog	bala1310
Area where Balangao is spoken according to Ethnologue

Phonology

Balangao has the following phoneme inventory:^[2]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

The central vowels /a/ and /ɨ/ each have a lowered and a raised allophone, viz. [a]~[ə] for /a/, and [ə]~[ɨ] for /ɨ/.

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative			s			h
Approximant			l	j	w

The voiced stops /b/, /d/ and /g/ have voiceless allophones [f], [t͡ʃ], [kʰ] in syllable position.

References

1. Balangao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Shetler, Joanne (1976). Notes on Balangao grammar. Language Data: Asian-Pacific Series No. 9. Huntington Beach: Summer Institute of Linguistics.