Kalinga Butbut language
| Butbut Kalinga | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cordillera Administrative Region |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2008)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kyb |
| Glottolog | butb1235 |
Butbut Kalinga is a language of the Kalinga dialect continuum. Ethnologue reports 15,000 speakers for the language and 1,000 monolinguists.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Ethnologue reports that Butbut Kalinga is spoken in the following areas:[2]
Cordillera Administrative Region: Kalinga province: Tinglayan municipality: Bugnay, Buscalan, Butbut Proper, Loccong, and Ngibat villages; Tabuk, Dinongsay, Ileb, Kataw, Lacnog, and Pakak villages; Rizal Municipality: Andaraya, Anonang, Bua, and Malapiat villages.
Similarities
[edit]Ethnologue reports the following similarities with other Philippine languages, Namely: Limos Kalinga, Ilocano, Tanudan Kalinga, Bangad Kalinga (Southern Kalinga).
Lexical similarities with other languages
[edit]Ethnologue reports that the language is Lexically similar with some languages and dialects:[2]
82% of Southern Kalinga and 78% with Guina-ang (a dialect of Tanudan Kalinga), and Tanudan Kalinga.
Typology
[edit]Ethnologue reports the following typology for this language:[2]
VSO; Prepositions; Genitives after noun heads; articles normally before adjectives, numerals and noun heads; question-word in sentence-initial position; 3 maximum suffixes;
word order distinguishes subjects; objects and indirect objects, given and new information, topic and comment; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrases; verb affixes mark number; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC; nontonal.
Language use
[edit]This language is used in Home, community, church. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use Ilocano, which is acquired through school, travel, media, and use in church.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kalinga, Butbut".
- ^ a b c d e Butbut Kalinga at Ethnologue.