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Ata language (Aeta)

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Native to
  
Philippines

ISO 639-3
  
atm

Region
  
Mabinay

Glottolog
  
ataa1240

Extinct
  
(2 speakers reported in 2000, probably extinct by 2007)

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine (unclassified) Ata

Ata is a possible extinct Aeta language of Mabinay in the Philippines.

Ata is spoken by no more than 3 or 4 elderly individuals around Mabinay and Bais City, Negros Island, Philippines (Lobel 2013:85).

References

Ata language (Aeta) Wikipedia