Central Bontok language
Central Bontok is a language of the Bontoc group from the Philippines. The 2007 census claimed there were 19,600 speakers.
Distribution
Ethnologue reports the following locations for Central Bontok:Cordillera Administrative Region: Mountain Province: Bontoc municipality, Bontoc ili, Caluttit, Dalican, Guina-ang, Ma-init, Maligcong, Samoki, and Tocucan villages.
Dialects
Ethnologue reports 5 dialects for Central Bontok: Khinina-ang, Finontok, Sinamoki, Jinallik, Minaligkhong and Tinokukan.Similarities
Ethnologue reports that the language is similar to other Bontoc languages, These languages are: North Bontok, Southwest Bontok, South Bontok, and East Bontok.Phonology
Consonants
The Guinaang dialect of Central Bontok has the following inventory of consonant phonemes:Originally, the sounds pairs,,, were in complementary distribution and thus allophones of the phonemes,,, and, respectively. With the introduction of loanwords from English, Ilokano and Tagalog, these contrasts have become phonemicized. The phoneme was also introduced in modern loanwords.