Atta language
Atta is an Austronesian dialect cluster spoken by the Aeta (Agta) Negritos of the northern Philippines.
| Atta | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Luzon |
| Ethnicity | Aeta |
Native speakers | 2,000 (1998–2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:azt – Faire Attaatt – Pamplona Attaatp – Pudtol Attadyg – Villa Viciosa Agta† (?) |
| Glottolog | atta1244 |
Varieties
There are three varieties according to Ethnologue.
- Faire Atta (Southern Atta): spoken near Faire, Rizal, Cagayan
- Pamplona Atta (Northern Cagayan Negrito): spoken in Pamplona, Cagayan; similar to northern Ibanag
- Pudtol Atta: spoken in Pudtol, Apayao, and the Abulog river area south of Pamplona
Villa Viciosa Atta, supposed once spoken in Villaviciosa, Abra, is presumed to be related, but is unattested.[2]
Reid (1994) also reports the following locations for Southern Cagayan Agta.[3]
- Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
- Conyan, Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
- Sapinit, Maconacon, Isabela
- Makagaw (Dupaninan), Cagayan
References
- Faire Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Pamplona Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Pudtol Atta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Villa Viciosa Agta† (?) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Villa Viciosa Atta". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 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.
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