Austronesian language of the Philippines
Dupaningan Agta |
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Native to | Philippines |
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Region | northern Luzon |
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Ethnicity | Aeta |
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Native speakers | 1,400 (2008)[1] |
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Dialects |
- Yaga
- Tanglagan
- Santa Ana-Gonzaga
- Barongagunay
- Palaui Island
- Valley Cove
- Bolos Point
- Peñablanca
- Roso (Southeast Cagayan)
- Santa Margarita
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ISO 639-3 | duo |
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Glottolog | dupa1235 |
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ELP | Dupaninan Agta |
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 Area where Dupaningan Agta is spoken according to Ethnologue |
Dupaningan Agta (Dupaninan Agta), or Eastern Cagayan Agta, is a language spoken by a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer Negrito people of Cagayan and Isabela provinces in northern Luzon, Philippines. Its Yaga dialect is only partially intelligible.[2]
Geographic distribution and dialects
Robinson (2008) reports Dupaningan Agta to be spoken by a total of about 1,400 people in about 35 scattered communities, each with 1-70 households.[1]
Ethnologue reports Yaga, Tanglagan, Santa Ana-Gonzaga, Barongagunay, Palaui Island, Camonayan, Valley Cove, Bolos Point, Peñablanca, Roso (Southeast Cagayan), Santa Margarita as dialects of Dupaningan Agta. [4]
Phonology
Consonants
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Labial |
Alveolar |
Velar |
Glottal
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Stop |
p b |
t d |
k g |
(ʔ)
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Nasal |
m |
n |
ŋ |
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Trill/Tap |
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r~ɾ |
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Lateral |
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l |
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Fricative |
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s |
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h
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Glide |
w |
j |
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right is voiced.
Vowels
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Front |
Central |
Back
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High |
i |
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u
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Mid |
e |
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o
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Low |
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a |
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/a, e/ have lax allophones of [ə, ɛ].