Umiray Dumaget Agta is an
Aeta language
The Negrito peoples of the Philippines speak various Philippine languages. They have more in common with neighboring languages than with each other, and are listed here merely as an aid to identification.
Classification
The following languages are ...
spoken in southern
Luzon
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Island,
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
Location
Umiray Dumaget is spoken along the Pacific coast of eastern Luzon, Philippines from just south of
Baler, Aurora to the area of
Infanta, Quezon, and on the northern coast of
Polillo Island. Himes (2002) reports little dialectal variation.
Reid (1994)
[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.] reports the following locations for Umiray Dumaget (Central Agta).
*
Umiray, Quezon
*Dibut,
San Luis, Aurora
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*Bunbun, Panakulan,
Polillo, Quezon
Phonology
Consonants
only appears in loanwords.
Vowels
Classification
Umiray Dumaget is difficult to classify. Himes (2002) posits a Greater Central Philippine connection.
[Himes, Ronald S. 2002. The relationship of Umiray Dumaget to other Philippine languages. ''Oceanic Linguistics'' 41(2):275–294. .] However, Lobel (2013) believes that Umiray Dumaget may be a primary branch of the
Philippine languages
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, or may be related to the
Northeastern Luzon languages
The Northeastern Luzon languages is a primary subgroup of the Northern Luzon languages, proposed by Robinson & Lobel (2013) based on historical phonology, functors, and lexicon.
Classification
Robinson & Lobel (2013:148) propose the following in ...
, Sambali-Ayta (
Central Luzon
Central Luzon ( pam, (Reyun ning) Kalibudtarang Luzon, pag, (Rehiyon na) Pegley na Luzon, tgl, (Rehiyon ng) Gitnang Luzon, ilo, (Rehion/Deppaar ti) Tengnga ti Luzon), designated as Region III, is an administrative region in the Philippines, ...
), or
Manide and Inagta Alabat. According to Lobel (2013), Umiray Dumaget does not subgroup in the
Central Philippine or even
Greater Central Philippine branches.
[Lobel 2013:275]
References
Philippine languages
Aeta languages
Languages of Quezon
Languages of Aurora (province)
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