Central Cagayan Agta, also known as Labin Agta, is an Aeta language of northern Cagayan Province, Philippines. It is spoken by the Aeta Negritos in inland areas located to the east and northeast of Baggao (Ethnologue).
Central Cagayan Agta | |
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Cagayan Agta | |
Native to | Philippines |
Region | Luzon |
Ethnicity | Aeta |
Native speakers | 780 (2000)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | agt |
Glottolog | cent2084 |
ELP | Central Cagayan Agta |
Locations
editReid (1994)[2] reports the following locations for Central Cagayan Agta.
- Gattaran, Cagayan (including Yaga and Tanglagan)
- Sitio Mammit, San Mariano, Lal-Lo, Cagayan
- Camonayan, Baggao, Cagayan
However, Ethnologue reports the locations for Central Cagayan Agta: [3]
- Cagayan Valley Region: Cagayan province inland area,
- East and Northeast from Baggao.
References
edit- ^ Central Cagayan Agta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/agt (subscription required)