Atta is an Austronesian

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spoken by the

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(Agta)

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s of the northern Philippines.

Varieties

There are three varieties according to ''

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''. *Faire Atta (Southern Atta): spoken near Faire,

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*Pamplona Atta (Northern Cagayan Negrito): spoken in

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; similar to northern Ibanag *Pudtol Atta: spoken in Pudtol, Apayao, and the

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river area south of

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Villa Viciosa Atta, supposed once spoken in

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, is presumed to be related, but is unattested. 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,

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*Makagaw (Dupaninan), Cagayan

References

Aeta languages Languages of Cagayan Languages of Apayao Cagayan Valley languages {{Philippine-lang-stub