Ati (''Inati''), or Binisaya nga Inati, is an

Austronesian Austronesian may refer to: *The Austronesian languages *The historical Austronesian peoples The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, M ...

language of the island of Panay in the

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. The variety spoken in northern Panay is also called Sogodnin. The Ati people also speak Kinaray-a and Hiligaynon.

Classification

and consider Inati to be an isolate within the

Philippine languages The Philippine languages or Philippinic are a proposed group by R. David Paul Zorc (1986) and Robert Blust (1991; 2005; 2019) that include all the languages of the Philippines and northern Sulawesi, Indonesia—except Sama–Bajaw (languages ...

. It differs markedly from the Visayan languages and has many features not found in the Central Philippine languages. Inati shows some unique sound changes. *

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (PMP) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, which is by far the largest branch (by current speakers) of the Austronesian language family. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian is ancestral to all Austronesi ...

*R > Inati , such as PMP * > Inati *

*ə > Inati (as in the Central Luzon languages), not PMP *ə > or , as in the Visayan languages

Distribution and dialects

lists the following Ati communities in the Philippines, with populations given in parentheses: * Iloilo (1,902): Anilao (341), Barotac Viejo (867), Cabatuan (31), Calinog (163), Dueñas (43), Dumangas (50), Janiuay (22), New Lucena (59), Passi (103), San Miguel (17), San Rafael (110), Santa Barbara (12), Tigbauan (69), San Joaquin (15) * Antique (4,680): Anini-y (156), Hamtic (3,081), Tobias Fornier (1,383), San Jose (60) * Capiz (308): Dumarao (308) *

Aklan Aklan, officially the Province of Aklan (Akeanon: ''Probinsya it Akean'' k'ɣan hil, Kapuoran sang Aklan; tl, Lalawigan ng Aklan), is a province in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Its capital is Kalibo. The province is situate ...

(740+): Buruanga (?), Malay (740) * Guimaras (789): Buenavista (189), Jordan (237), Sibunag (178), Nueva Valencia (185) *

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(309): Isabela (309) *

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: Odiongan and Calatrava on

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, and San Jose on Carabao Island (unknown population size) lists the following locations: *Antique: Culuasi, Hamtic, San Jose, Sibalom, Tobias **Tina, Hamtic, Antique (512 people) *Capiz: Dumarao *Iloilo: Janiuay, Anilao, Cabatuan, Duenas, Dumangas, Mina, New Lucena, Passi, San Miguel, San Joaquin, San Rafael, Santa Barbara, Tigbauan **Nagpana,

Barotac Viejo, Iloilo Barotac Viejo, officially the Municipality of Barotac Viejo ( hil, Banwa sang Barotac Viejo, tgl, Bayan ng Barotac Viejo), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of ...

(500 people) *Aklan **Barangay Sabang, Buruanga, Aklan (4 households, 15 people) **Barangay Jesuna, Nabas, Aklan (3 households, 20 people) **In Malay, Aklan: Barangays Argao, Cubay Norte, Cubay Sur, Cogon, Boracay (total: 63 households, 321 people) reports that Sogodnin is spoken by a few remaining speakers in Cogon, Malay (whose ancestors had moved from interior Sabang to Bakirohan to Cogon), and on Carabao and Boracay islands. '' Ethnologue'' reports two dialects for Ati: Ati at '' Ethnologue.'' Malay (not to be confused with Malay,

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.) and Barotac Viejo Nagpana. Ethnologue states that Barotac Viejo Nagpana is the prestige dialect.

References

Works cited

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External links

Schools keep indigenous culture aliveThe Ati of Negros and PanayNegritos and Negros

Beyond the beach: The untold story of Boracay’s Ati tribe
;Additional resources
Inati (Jordan, Guimaras)
word list (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
Inati (Hamtic)
word list (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
Inati (Nagpana)
word list (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
Sogodnin (Boracay)
word list (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
Sogodnin (Iloilo)
word list (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database) {{Authority control Philippine languages Endangered Austronesian languages Aeta languages Languages of Antique (province) Languages of Capiz Languages of Aklan Languages of Iloilo Languages of Guimaras Languages of Negros Occidental