Atta language
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| Atta | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Luzon |
| Ethnicity | Aeta |
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Native speakers
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unknown (2,000 cited 1998–2000)[1] |
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Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: azt – Faire Atta att – Pamplona Atta atp – Pudtol Atta dyg – Villa Viciosa Agta† (?) |
| Glottolog | atta1244[2] |
Atta is a dialect cluster spoken by the Aeta (Agta) Negritos of the northern Philippines.
Varieties
There are three varieties according to Ethnologue.
- Faire Atta (Southern Atta): spoken near Faire, Rizal, Cagayan
- Pamplona Atta (Northern Cagayan Negrito): spoken in Pamplona, Cagayan; similar to northern Ibanag
- Pudtol Atta: spoken in Pudtol, Apayao, and the Abulog river area south of Pamplona
Villa Viciosa Atta, supposed once spoken in Villaviciosa, Abra, is presumed to be related, but is unattested.[3]
Reid (1994) also reports the following locations for Southern Cagayan Agta.[4]
- Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
- Conyan, Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
- Sapinit, Maconacon, Isabela
- Makagaw (Dupaninan), Cagayan
References
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- ↑ Faire Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Pamplona Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Pudtol Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Reid, Lawrence A. 1994. "Possible Non-Austronesian Lexical Elements in Philippine Negrito Languages." In Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jun. 1994), pp. 37-72.
