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Central Cagayan Agta, also known as Labin 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 ...
of northern
Cagayan Province Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering ...
, Philippines. It is spoken by the Aeta Negritos in inland areas located to the east and northeast of
Baggao Baggao, officially the Municipality of Baggao ( ibg, Ili nat Baggao; ilo, Ili ti Baggao; tl, Bayan ng Baggao), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 87,753 p ...
(''Ethnologue'').


Locations

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 Central Cagayan Agta. * Gattaran, Cagayan (including Yaga and Tanglagan) *Sitio Mammit, San Mariano, Lal-Lo, Cagayan *Camonayan, Baggao, Cagayan However,
Ethnologue ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' (stylized as ''Ethnoloɠue'') is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensiv ...
reports the locations for Central Cagayan Agta: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/agt * Cagayan Valley Region: Cagayan province inland area, * East and Northeast from
Baggao Baggao, officially the Municipality of Baggao ( ibg, Ili nat Baggao; ilo, Ili ti Baggao; tl, Bayan ng Baggao), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 87,753 p ...
.


References

Aeta languages Languages of Cagayan Cagayan Valley languages {{philippine-lang-stub