Bolinao | |
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Bino-Bolinao, Binubolinao, Binubulinao, Boliano, Bolinao Sambal, Bolinao Zambal, Bulinaw, Sambal Bolinao | |
Binu-Bolinao | |
Native to | Philippines |
Region | Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan |
Ethnicity | Bolinao people |
Native speakers | 51,000 (2007 census)[1] |
Latin (Filipino alphabet) Historically Baybayin | |
Official status | |
Regulated by | Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | smk |
Glottolog | boli1256 |
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]