Central Bontok (or Kali) is a language of the Bontoc group from the Philippines. The 2007 census claimed there were 19,600 speakers.
Distribution Ethnologue reports the following locations for Central Bontok:
Cordillera Administrative Region: Mountain Province: Bontoc municipality, Bontoc ili, Caluttit, Dalican, Guina-ang, Ma-init, Maligcong, Samoki, and Tocucan villages.
Dialects Ethnologue reports 5 dialects for Central Bontok: Khinina-ang, Finontok, Sinamoki, Jinallik, Minaligkhong and Tinokukan.
Similarities Ethnologue reports that the language is similar to other Bontoc languages, These languages are: North Bontok, Southwest Bontok, South Bontok, and East Bontok.
Phonology Consonants The Guinaang dialect of Central Bontok has the following inventory of consonant phonemes: Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Plosive Affricate Fricative Nasal Approximant Rhotic Originally (as documented in the mid 20th century), the sounds pairs , , , were in complementary distribution and thus allophones of the phonemes , , , and , respectively (e.g. for "blood"). With the introduction of loanwords from English, Ilokano and Tagalog, these contrasts have become phonemicized. The phoneme was also introduced in modern loanwords.
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See also Philippine languages