Umiray Dumaget is an Aeta language spoken in southern

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Location

Umiray Dumaget is spoken along the Pacific coast of eastern Luzon, Philippines, from just south of

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, to the area of

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, and on the northern coast of

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. 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,

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, Quezon *Dibut, San Luis, Aurora *Bunbun, Panukulan,

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The language is also spoken in Dingalan, Aurora, most especially in Umiray.

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

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, or may be related to the

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, Sambali-Ayta (

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), 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

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