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Atta language

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Native to
  
Philippines

Ethnicity
  
Aeta

Region
  
Luzon

Native speakers
  
2,000 (1998–2000)

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Luzon Cagayan Valley Ibanagic Atta

ISO 639-3
  
Variously: azt – Faire Atta att – Pamplona Atta atp – Pudtol Atta dyg – Villa Viciosa Agta (?)

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.

    Reid (1994) also reports the following locations for Southern Cagayan Agta.

  • Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
  • Conyan, Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
  • Sapinit, Maconacon, Isabela
  • Makagaw (Dupaninan), Cagayan

    • References

    Atta language Wikipedia
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