Balangao or Balangaw (also called Balangao Bontoc) is an
Austronesian language spoken in northern
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. It is spoken in the central area of
Mountain Province, and into Tanudan municipality of
Kalinga Province ; tl, Lalawigan ng Kalinga)
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Phonology
Balangao has the following phoneme inventory:
The central vowels /a/ and /ɨ/ each have a lowered and a raised allophone, viz. ~ for /a/, and ~ for /ɨ/.
The voiced stops /b/, /d/ and /g/ have voiceless allophones , , in syllable position.
References
Languages of Mountain Province
South–Central Cordilleran languages
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