Bontok, Eastern

EBK

developing

Alternate Names: Eastern Bontoc, Finallig, Southern Bontoc

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Central Bontok ,, Northern Bontok ,, Southwestern Bontok ,, and Southern Bontok ,; intelligibility of Ilocano , 53%, of Balangao , 49%. A member of macrolanguage Bontok ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Northern Luzon
Meso-Cordilleran
South-Central Cordilleran
Central Cordilleran
North Central Cordilleran
Nuclear Cordilleran
Bontok-Kankanay
Bontok

Demographics: 6,170 (2007 census).

Language Use: Also use Ilocano [ilo].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 67%. Literacy rate in L2: 67%. NT: 2004.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Philippines

Other Comments: Traditional religion.