Mariveleño (also known as Magbikin, Bataan Ayta, or Magbukun Ayta) is a

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. It has around 500 speakers (Wurm 2000) and is spoken within an

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 commo ...

community in Mariveles in the

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Geographic distribution

Reid (1994) reports the following Magbikin locations. *Kanáwon, Morong, Bataan *Bayanbayanan, Magbikin,

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Himes (2012: 491) also collected Magbukun data from the two locations of: *Biaan,

*Canawan, Morong, Bataan Cabanding (2014), citing Neil (2012), reports the following Magbukon locations in

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. *Dangcol,

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*Kinaragan,

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*Kanawan, Morong, Bataan *Pita, Bayan-bayanan in

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*Pag-asa,

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*Ulingan, Matanglaw, and Magduhat (all in Bagac, Bataan) *Sitio Luoban in Samal, Bataan *Bangkal in

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References

*Cabanding, Monica. 2014
The Deictic Demonstratives of Ayta Magbukun
''The Philippines ESL Journal'', vol. 13. *Neil, David R. 2012. ''An ethnographic study of the Magbukon literary arts among the Ayta of Bataan''. Abucay, Bataan: Bataan Peninsula State University. *Neil, David R. 2014
The Magbukon Literary Arts among the Aetas of Bataan, Philippines
''IAMURE International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research'', Vol. 11 No. 1 October 2014. (Online)

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