Atta is an
Austronesian dialect cluster spoken by the
Aeta
The Aeta (Ayta ), Agta, or Dumagat, are collective terms for several Filipino indigenous peoples who live in various parts of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They are considered to be part of the Negrito ethnic groups and share common ...
(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
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; similar to northern
Ibanag
*Pudtol Atta: spoken in
Pudtol, Apayao, and the
Abulog river area south of
Pamplona
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Lying at near above ...
Villa Viciosa Atta, supposed once spoken in
Villaviciosa, Abra
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, is presumed to be related, but is unattested.
Reid (1994) also reports the following locations for Southern Cagayan Agta.
[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.]
*Minanga,
Peñablanca, Cagayan
*Conyan, Minanga,
Peñablanca, Cagayan
*Sapinit,
Maconacon, Isabela
*Makagaw (Dupaninan), Cagayan
References
Aeta languages
Languages of Cagayan
Languages of Apayao
Cagayan Valley languages
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