Bugkalot (also Ilongot) is a language of the indigenous Bugkalot people of northern

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Distribution

''Ethnologue'' lists the following provinces in which Ilongot is spoken. *Most of

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north of the

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*Eastern

Nueva Vizcaya Province Nueva Vizcaya, officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya ( ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Vizcaya; gad, Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya; Pangasinan: ''Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya''; tl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Vizcaya ), is a landlocked province in the ...

*Southern

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(upper reaches of the

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Dialects

''Ethnologue'' lists the following dialects. *Abaka (Abaca) *Egongot *Ibalao (Ibilao) *Italon *Iyongut Alternate names include Bugkalut, Bukalot, and Lingotes.

References

Languages of Quirino Languages of Isabela (province) Languages of Nueva Vizcaya South–Central Cordilleran languages {{philippine-lang-stub