Ilongot language

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Ethnicity Ilongot people Glottolog ilon1239		ISO 639-3 ilk

Region Eastern Nueva Vizcaya and Western Quirino, Philippines Native speakers (51,000 cited 1990 census) Language family Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon South–Central Cordilleran Southern Cordilleran Ilongot

Ilongot is a language of the indigenous Ilongot 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)

Ethnologue lists the following dialects.

Abaka (Abaca)

Egongot

Ibalao (Ibilao)

Italon

Iyongut

Alternate names include Bugkalut, Bukalot, and Lingotes.

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