Atta language
(Redirected from ISO 639:att)
| Atta | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Luzon |
| Ethnicity | Aeta |
Native speakers | (2,000 cited 1998–2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:azt – Faire Attaatt – Pamplona Attaatp – Pudtol Attadyg – Villa Viciosa Agta† (?) |
| Glottolog | atta1244 |
| ELP | Faire Atta |
Atta is an Austronesian dialect cluster spoken by the Aeta (Agta) Negritos of the northern Philippines.
Varieties
[edit]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.[2]
Reid (1994) also reports the following locations for Southern Cagayan Agta.[3]
- Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
- Conyan, Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
- Sapinit, Maconacon, Isabela
- Makagaw (Dupaninan), Cagayan
References
[edit]- ^ Faire Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Pamplona Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Pudtol Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Villa Viciosa Agta† (?) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Villa Viciosa Atta". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ 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.
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