Bolinao language

Bolinao
Bino-Bolinao, Binubolinao, Binubulinao, Boliano, Bolinao Sambal, Bolinao Zambal, Bulinaw, Sambal Bolinao
Binu-Bolinao
Native toPhilippines
RegionBolinao and Anda, Pangasinan
EthnicityBolinao people
Native speakers
51,000 (2007 census)[1]
Latin (Filipino alphabet)
Historically Baybayin
Official status
Regulated byKomisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3smk
Glottologboli1256
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The Bolinao language or Binubolinao is a Central Luzon language spoken primarily in the municipalities of Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan in the Philippines. It has approximately 50,000 speakers,[2] making it the second most widely spoken Sambalic language. Most Bolinao speakers can speak Pangasinan and/or Ilocano. Ethnologue reports 510 monolinguals for this language.[3]

  1. ^ Bolinao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Ethnologue (1990)
  3. ^ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/smk (subscription required)