Inagta Alabat
Alabat Island Agta
Native toPhilippines
RegionQuezon
Ethnicityspoken by 5–20% (2020)[1]
Native speakers
10 (2019)[1]
Dialects
  • Inagta Lopez
Language codes
ISO 639-3dul
Glottologalab1246
ELPInagta Alabat

Inagta Alabat (Alabat Island Agta) is a Philippine Negrito language spoken in central Alabat Island, Philippines.

Inagta Lopez (also known as Inagta Lopenze) is a dialect reported to be spoken in Guinayangan.[citation needed] Aldrin Ludovice Salipande (2022) reports that it is spoken in Villa Espina and nearby barangays in Lopez, Quezon Province. Inagta Alabat is closely related since the Agta Alabat had originated from Lopez.[2]

Classification

Inagta Alabat forms a subgroup with Manide.[3] The extinct Katabangan may have also been related.[4]

Lexicon

Selected Inagta Lopenze words from Salipande (2022):[2]

Gloss Inagta Lopenze
afternoon álem
pig bébuy
sun, day degéw
fruit geʔén
lightning keldét
to chew ŋásŋas
butterfly kalibaŋbáŋ
crocodile beʔéye
moon bílan
cloud dagʔúm
evening, night diyúm
rattan uwáy
endonym agtáʔ
to eat káʔun
river sáyug
breast súsu
tree káhew
house beléy
give awéy
fire hapúy
navel púsed
person táwu
tooth ŋépen
leg sukáb
blind bulég
to cry íbil
blood digíʔ
worm bukbúk

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Inagta Alabat language at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Salipande, Aldrin Ludovice. 2022. Phonology of Agta Lopenze. Presentation given at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 31), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, May 18–20, 2022.
  3. ^ Lobel 2010.
  4. ^ Comments received for ISO 639-3 Change Request 2019-024 (PDF), SIL International ISO 639-3 Registration Authority, 2020

Sources

  • Lobel, Jason William (2010). "Manide: An Undescribed Philippine Language". Oceanic Linguistics. 49 (2): 478–510. JSTOR 40983976.
  • Lobel, Jason William; Alpay, Amy Jugueta; Barreno, Rosie Susutin; Barreno, Emelinda Jugueta (2020). "Notes from the Field: Inagta Alabat: A Moribund Philippine Language, with Supporting Audio". Language Documentation & Conservation. 14: 1–57. hdl:10125/24912.


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