Dupaningan Agta
| Dupaningan Agta | |
|---|---|
| Eastern Cagayan Agta | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | northernLuzon |
| Ethnicity | Aeta |
Native speakers | 1,400 (2008)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | duo |
| Glottolog | dupa1235 |
| ELP | Dupaninan Agta |
 Area where Dupaningan Agta is spoken according to Ethnologue | |
Dupaningan Agta(Dupaninan Agta), orEastern Cagayan Agta,is a language spoken by a semi-nomadic hunter-gathererNegritopeople ofCagayanandIsabelaprovinces in northernLuzon,Philippines.Its Yaga dialect is only partially intelligible.[2]
Geographic distribution and dialects[edit]
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]
- Palaui Island- Speakers do not consider themselves to be Dupaningan, but the language is very similar to that of the other Dupaningans.
- Nangaramuan,Santa Ana
- Barongagunay, Santa Clara,Santa Ana[3]
- Valley Cove,Baggao[3]
- Kattot
- Bolos a Ballek (Bolos Point) - village where the Dupaningan Agta language is most widely used
- Bolos a Dakal (Bolos,Maconacon, Isabela)
- Santa Clara,Gonzaga, Cagayan[3]
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[edit]
Consonants[edit]
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | k g | (ʔ) |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |
| Trill/Tap | r~ɾ | |||
| Lateral | l | |||
| Fricative | s | h | ||
| Glide | w | j |
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right is voiced.
Vowels[edit]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
/a, e/ have lax allophones of [ə, ɛ].
References[edit]
- ^abRobinson, Laura C. (2008).Dupaningan Agta: Grammar, vocabulary, and texts(Thesis). University of Hawaii at Manoa.hdl:10125/20681.
- ^abhttp:// ethnologue /language/duoLewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ^abcReid, Lawrence A. (1994)."Possible Non-Austronesian Lexical Elements in Philippine Negrito Languages"(PDF).Oceanic Linguistics.33(1): 37–72.doi:10.2307/3623000.hdl:10125/32986.ISSN0029-8115.JSTOR3623000.
- ^"Ethnologue".(subscription required)
External links[edit]
- PARADISEChas an open accesscollection of recordings in Dupaningan Agta.These recordings include elicitation sessions, wordlists, stories, and songs. Sessions also includeIlocano,the local contact language, and occasionally alsoTagalog.
- Robinson, Laura C. (2011).Dupaningan Agta: grammar, vocabulary, and texts.Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.ISBN978-0-858-83646-4.,slightly revised from Robinson's2008 thesis