Bolinao language

Bolinao
Bolinao
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)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Luzon Sambalic Bolinao; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	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, 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.

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