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Inagta Rinconada (Mount Iriga Agta) is a Bikol language spoken by a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer Agta (
Negrito The term ''Negrito'' (; ) refers to several diverse ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands. Populations often described as Negrito include: the Andamanese peoples (including the Great Andamanese, th ...
) people of the
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. It is spoken to the east of Iriga City up to the shores of Lake Buhi. The language is largely intelligible with Mount Iraya Agta on the other side of the lake. The Rinconada Agta live primarily in forests near rural barangays of Buhi,
Iriga Iriga, officially the City of Iriga (Rinconada Bikol: ''Syudad ka Iriga''; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the ...
(including a settlement in the Ilian area), and Baao in
Camarines Sur Camarines Sur (; ), officially the Province of Camarines Sur (Central Bikol language, Bikol: ''Probinsya kan Habagatan na Camarines''; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its ca ...
(Lobel 2013:68).


Locations

Reid (1994) also reports a closely related variety called Rugnot spoken in the area of Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur. Inagta locations listed by Reid (1994) are as follows. *Santa NiƱo, Hayagan, and Santa Cruz, Ipil, Buhi, Camarines Sur *San Augustine, Buhi, Camarines Sur; SIL *San Ramon, Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur; SIL


References


Bibliography

* Villegas, L. M. T. (2010). A Grammatical Sketch Of Iriga Agta Bikol languages Languages of Camarines Sur {{CPhilippine-lang-stub