Atta language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Atta
|states=Philippines
|region=Luzon
|ethnicity=Aeta
|speakers={{sigfig|2010|2}}
|date=1998–2000
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Philippine
|fam4=Northern Luzon
|fam5=Cagayan Valley
|fam6=Ibanagic
|lc1=azt |ld1=Faire Atta
|lc2=att |ld2=Pamplona Atta
|lc3=atp |ld3=Pudtol Atta
|lc4=dyg |ld4=Villa Viciosa Agta† (?)
|glotto=atta1244
|glottorefname=Atta
|ELP=2836
|ELPname=Faire Atta
}}
Atta is an Austronesian dialect cluster spoken by the Aeta (Agta) Negritos of the northern Philippines.
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.{{glotto|vill1242|Villa Viciosa Atta}}
Reid (1994) also reports the following locations for Southern Cagayan Agta.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.
- Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
- Conyan, Minanga, Peñablanca, Cagayan
- Sapinit, Maconacon, Isabela
- Makagaw (Dupaninan), Cagayan
References
{{Reflist}}
{{ph-negrito-lang}}
{{Philippine languages}}
{{Languages of the Philippines}}
Category:Cagayan Valley languages
{{Philippine-lang-stub}}