Bugkalot (also Ilongot) is a language of the indigenous

Bugkalot people The Bugkalot (also Ilongot or Ibilao) are a tribe inhabiting the southern Sierra Madre (Philippines), Sierra Madre and Caraballo Mountains, on the east side of Luzon in the Philippines, primarily in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija ...

of northern

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Distribution

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

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*Eastern Nueva Vizcaya Province *Southern Isabela Province (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