Aeta languages

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The Aeta languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken by the indigenous Aeta (Negrito) communities in various regions of the Philippines.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aeta languages canonical 1
Atta languages 1
Ayta languages 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages
language group
arealFeature contact with neighboring Philippine languages
arealGroup Northern Philippines languages
arealInfluenceFrom Bikol languages
Ilocano NERFINISHED
Kapampangan NERFINISHED
Sambalic languages NERFINISHED
Tagalog
classificationNote often treated as separate languages rather than dialects
continent Asia
country Philippines
endangermentCause assimilation into surrounding non-Aeta populations
shift to majority Philippine languages
ethnicity Aeta NERFINISHED
include Ambala Ayta NERFINISHED
Ayta Abellen NERFINISHED
Ayta Mag-anchi NERFINISHED
Ayta Magbukun NERFINISHED
Mag-antsi Ayta NERFINISHED
Mag-indi Ayta NERFINISHED
Mariveleño NERFINISHED
Sorsogon Ayta NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
languageShiftTo Ilocano NERFINISHED
Kapampangan NERFINISHED
Tagalog NERFINISHED
macroarea Papunesia
morphology focus system typical of Philippine-type languages
phonologicalFeature rich consonant inventories
population small and scattered speech communities
region Central Luzon NERFINISHED
Luzon NERFINISHED
Northern Philippines NERFINISHED
relatedTo other Philippine Negrito-associated Austronesian varieties
sociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with dominant regional languages
spokenBy Aeta people NERFINISHED
Negrito communities
spokenIn Philippines
status endangered
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Philippine subgroup of Austronesian
typology agglutinative
wordOrder VOS
VSO
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inagta Rinconada language partOf Aeta languages
Ibanag language hasCloseRelation Aeta languages
this entity surface form: Atta languages
Central Luzon languages hasMajorLanguage Aeta languages
this entity surface form: Ayta languages