Alabat Island Agta language

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The Alabat Island Agta language is an endangered Austronesian language spoken by the Agta (Negrito) people on Alabat Island in the Philippines.

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Alabat Island Agta language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
endangered language
language
belongsTo Agta languages
surface form: Agta language cluster
continent Asia
country Philippines
endangermentStatus endangered
ethnicGroup Agta people
Negrito people
surface form: Negrito peoples
hasCommunity Alabat Island Agta community
hasDocumentationStatus poorly documented
hasDomain traditional hunting and gathering culture
hasFeature Austronesian alignment
consonant–vowel syllable structure
focus system
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural
phonemic vowel length
rich verbal morphology
hasMorphology affixal morphology
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Tagalog
hasStatusInEducation not used as medium of formal education
hasStatusInGovernment no official status
hasStatusInMedia no regular use in mass media
hasTransmission intergenerational transmission weakening
hasTypology verb–initial word order
isEndangeredIn Alabat Island
isIndigenousLanguageOf Alabat Island
Philippines
isMinorityLanguageOf Philippines
isOralTraditionStrong true
isSpokenByMinority true
isThreatenedBy language shift to Tagalog
small speaker population
socioeconomic pressure
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Philippine languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
macroArea Papunesia
namedAfter Alabat Island
region Luzon
Quezon Province
spokenBy Agta people
Negrito people
spokenIn Alabat Island
Philippines
usedIn daily communication within Agta communities
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Southern Luzon languages hasMember Alabat Island Agta language