Inagta Rinconada (Mount Iriga Agta) is a
Bikol language spoken by a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer
Agta (
Negrito
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) 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
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(including a settlement in the Ilian area), and
Baao in
Camarines Sur
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(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 Niño, 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
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