Bugkalot language

Not to be confused with the Ilongo language, also of the Philippines.

Bugkalot (also Ilongot) is a language of the indigenous Bugkalot people of northern Luzon, Philippines.

Bugkalot
Region	Eastern Nueva Vizcaya, Western Quirino, east Nueva Ecija, northwest Aurora, Philippines
Ethnicity	Bugkalot
Native speakers	6,000 (2010 census)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Meso-Cordilleran Southern Cordilleran Bugkalot
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ilk
Glottolog	ilon1239
Area where Bugkalot is spoken[1]

Distribution

Ethnologue lists the following provinces in which Ilongot is spoken.

• Most of Quirino Province north of the Cagayan River
• Eastern Nueva Vizcaya Province
• Southern Isabela Province (upper reaches of the Cagayan River)
• Northwest Aurora

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects.

• Abaka (Abaca)
• Egongot
• Ibalao (Ibilao)
• Italon
• Iyongut

Alternate names include Bugkalut, Bukalot, and Lingotes.