Inagta Partido language
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Inagta Partido (Isarog Agta) or alternatively Katubung is a nearly extinct
Bikol language The Bikol languages or Bicolano languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken mostly in the Bicol Peninsula in the island of Luzon, the neighboring island province of Catanduanes and the island of Burias in Masbate. Internal ...
spoken by a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer Agta (
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 O ...
) people of the
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. It is found on
Mount Isarog Mount Isarog is an active stratovolcano located in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines, on the island of Luzon. The mountain has active fumaroles and hot springs. It has an elevation of above mean sea level. The broad isthmus between Lag ...
east of Naga City particularly in the town of Ocampo where the most recent survey of the language was conducted. According to Lobel (2013), there are no speakers of Inagta Partido under 60. It is a moribund language. The ''Ethnologue'' cites a report from 2000 that there were then only five speakers from an ethnic population of about 1,000. Inagta Partido has borrowed heavily from Bikol languages such as Bikol Naga and Bikol Partido, but has a non-Bikol substratum.


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* * Aeta languages Bikol languages Languages of Camarines Sur Endangered Austronesian languages {{CPhilippine-lang-stub