Ata is a nearly extinct

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spoken in Negros Island in the

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region of the

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. As of 2013, Ata was reportedly spoken by no more than three or four elderly individuals in northern Negros Island, Philippines, although two of those died in 2021.

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* Central Philippine languages Endangered Austronesian languages Languages of Negros Oriental {{CPhilippine-lang-stub