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Kalinga Butbut language

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Butbut Kalinga
Native toCordillera Administrative Region
Native speakers
15,000 (2008)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kyb
Glottologbutb1235

Butbut Kalinga is a language of the Kalinga dialect continuum. Ethnologue reports 15,000 speakers for the language and 1,000 monolinguists.[2]

Distribution

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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

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Ethnologue reports the following similarities with other Philippine languages, Namely: Limos Kalinga, Ilocano, Tanudan Kalinga, Bangad Kalinga (Southern Kalinga).

Lexical similarities with other languages

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Kalinga, Butbut".
  2. ^ a b c d e Butbut Kalinga at Ethnologue.

See also

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