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Bontoc

  • Global speakers: 41,000
  • Glottocode: bont1247
  • ISO 639-3: bnc
Southeastern AsiaPhilippines flagPhilippines
In 1905, a group of 50 Bontoc speakers from northern Luzon in the Philippines, billed as "the most primitive people in the world", were brought to the U.S. and put on long-term show at Coney Island’s Luna Park, at a site long since demolished. Exhaustively and entertainingly chronicled in "The Lost Tribe of Coney Island", the visit of the Bontoc may be seen as a historical curiosity and a reflection of American imperialism in the Philippines — it did not result in any permanent community taking root. The Bontoc leader at Coney Island, Chief Fomoaley Ponci, said this to a journalist before the community left: "I have seen many wonders, but we will not bring any of them home to Bontoc. We have the great sun and moon to light us; what do we want of you little [electric] suns?"
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