Inagta Rinconada (Mount Iriga Agta) is a Bikol language spoken by a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer

Agta The Aeta (Ayta ), Agta, or Dumagat, are collective terms for several Filipino indigenous peoples who live in various parts of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They are considered to be part of the Negrito ethnic groups and share common ...

(

Negrito The term Negrito () refers to several diverse ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands. Populations often described as Negrito include: the Andamanese peoples (including the Great Andamanese, the Onge, ...

) people of the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. It is spoken to the east of

Iriga City Iriga, officially the City of Iriga ( Rinconada Bikol: ''Syudad ka Iriga''; bcl, Siyudad nin Iriga; fil, Lungsod ng Iriga), is component city in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of ...

up to the shores of

Lake Buhi Lake Buhi is a lake found in Buhi, Camarines Sur in the Philippines. It has an area of and has an average depth of . The lake lies in the valley formed by two ancient volcanoes, Mount Iriga (also known as ''Mount Asog'') and Mount Malinao. It wa ...

. The language is largely intelligible with Mount Iraya Agta on the other side of the lake. The Rinconada Agta live primarily in forests near rural barangays of Buhi,

Iriga Iriga, officially the City of Iriga (Rinconada Bikol: ''Syudad ka Iriga''; bcl, Siyudad nin Iriga; fil, Lungsod ng Iriga), is component city in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 11 ...

(including a settlement in the Ilian area), and

Baao Baao, officially the Municipality of Baao ( Rinconada Bikol: ''Banwāan ka Baao''; Tagalog: ''Bayan ng Baao)'' is 1st class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,493 p ...

Camarines Sur Camarines Sur ( bcl, Habagatan na Camarines; tl, Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and ...

(Lobel 2013:68).

Locations

Reid (1994) also reports a closely related variety called Rugnot spoken in the area of Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur. Inagta locations listed by Reid (1994) are as follows. *Santa Niño, Hayagan, and Santa Cruz, Ipil, Buhi, Camarines Sur *San Augustine, Buhi, Camarines Sur; SIL *San Ramon, Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur; SIL

References

Bikol languages Languages of Camarines Sur {{CPhilippine-lang-stub